The Tices in basement directly under the built ins… it is thusly powering the entire system; eliminating any possibility of a power related ground loop. And, it’s transformers low level hum is now out of hearing. Next, the Classe’ DR9 Amp on other side of basement (25 foot run of Snake Oil...

FYI: https://www.moon-audio.com/black-mini-coax-hugo-2-hugo-m-scaler.html

Ah, didn't catch that. Okay, hopefully they're telling the truth and the new driver also performs better. How does this thing look and feel in person? Also how does it sound in brief? Have you reviewed it? Tangzu will always tickle my fancy because their Wan'er was my first IEM ever and it's...

Judging by what 7hz says about it they’ve developed a new planar driver from the ground up. Who knows how much of that is true, but that’s their official line.

...Clone 1 cable) on my Aroma Audio Air + Aroma Audio A100TB (with Aroma Audio Powerstation 100 Pro), it sounds really good! I tried Kojo with my Sony WM1ZM2, I find the improvement is very minimal, not much. My Kojo Crystal E-G grounding box is not shown in the photo (it's below the Ddhifi case).

Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought those Kojo virtual ground box is there to eliminate / reduce EMI and RFI, not the kind of usual power supply grounding, in the case of DAP scenario. Call me insane (or may be I'm really so) as I have tried using 5 Crystal E-G in series connected to WM1Z or...

...go from the dual BNC connectors in the M-Scaler to a single RCA to hit max sample rate in the Hugo 2 Tip: signal 1 Ring: signal 2 Sleeve: ground This configuration would give a good deal of flexibility. The only thing I would need to be sure of if the Hugo 2 drives the headphones. The...

Could be, but the technologic hurdles will eventually be overcome. It comes down to whether or not there are adequate resources and a large enough market to take get the project off the ground

Looks very nice

...gets a dud. Run your stuff on a Sine Wave uninterruptible power supply, keep it cool and dry, and it'll last forever. Having a place to ground yourself if static is an issue is about the only other thing that could zap something. I managed two PC repair shops years back, and failure is so...

...4.2 lb. ①. Four layers (substrate) * Improved signal integrity The quad-layer board improves signal integrity by implementing dedicated ground and power planes. It reduces noise, crosstalk, and signal interference to provide a clean audio signal. * Reduced electromagnetic interference...

Nice! I am not sure about any neutral ESS- or AKM-based sources (slowly learned to strongly appreciate Cirrus chips). If one needs crazy warm, noisy/velvet AKM-like ESS implementation - Shanling UA2 is so much that (my first and last Shanling product). E1DA (I have SG3) is quite neutral, as...

By way of update...resolved this issue now. It's a topic run into the ground in here now but it turned out to be an issue with the stock power supply - think the noise was accounting for the metallic/glary sound I was hearing which was throwing the timbre off on some cans. Over the past weeks I...

@UntilThen, yes, you're right, this month I've hit the ground running as far as that's concerned, but I have to say that a lot of things are the cream of the crop. And it actually goes up another notch, if not two. About KT63 : Langerex is being accommodating again and I've written to them and...

...the ST7 as less crisp and bright than the TRN Conch, but more detailed and less warm than the TRN Orca. This suggests that it strikes a middle ground between the two, so the fact that ‘balanced’ seems to be a recurring term makes perfect sense. Additionally, many have pointed out that the ST7...

...the AES of your DAC and using a S/PDIF cable from the MScaler. In the US especially everything has become extremely tribal. Sensible middle ground attitudes aren’t appreciated as people can’t get worked up over them. I prefer sports and martial arts for my adrenaline personally. Listening to...

...to do this for some time now, so maybe it'll push them to make one too. For earphones and headphones, you just wire the signal returns to the ground. Any 4-pole connector can do either this way. I think you may have confused the inclusion of the 5th pin for ground, which is required when...

...be........try and make the DAPs stripped-down. The WM1A and WM1Z MK2 have Android now. So that’s the thing the technology may enable black backgrounds, power and things like EQ that audiophiles love? There may in the future be a way to turn-off the phone section and almost make the phone like...

Thanks for the reply! Just tried this, but the hum persists both ways.

Try “flip” the ac plug in the back of the unit. In my case that helped with ground loop.

...buffering, error correction required, meaning less activity/thinking by its tiny circuit/brain = less micro voltage variation impacting the ground plane of the recipient circuit and the downstream loss of precision (downstream jitter) associated with that. Sounds an incredibly subtle...

...what @Jake2 says, hype has to be verified by experience. In a different configuration external clock feeding asynchronous device may improve quality, but not because of a clock. There are other factors like ground loops and EMI distribution. Any wire you connect to a device changes 3D energy...

...are not as affected, or should I say the least affected in all frequency. Staging is not as expansive as the Ripple cable but still hold its ground, by not narrowing it. Pairing: Thieaudio Prestige I felt that this pairing is kinda perfect and both compensate each other very well. Prestige...

...the crystals offer in regards to tuning. But here is what else I learned... * If using a darker crystal like the amethyst on top of the ground box (or smoky quartz on DAC as pictured) and it takes some air away from the upper frequencies, just add a small clear crystal. The clear crystal...

...boards for the B+ and bias supplies. I will be using regulated DC for the input tube heaters as well, and probably floated some +30-40V above ground. I'm going to keep the heater regulator in the power supply chassis and run the regulated DC over the umbilical to the amplifier chassis as it...