There are 6 filters and two modes - Listening and Measuring. I am using the Listening mode and the Super Slow/Sharp Roll-Off filter. I dont know what you are using to feed the DAC with the audio data. Jitter could be the reason you are seeing some treble sharpness. You can reduce jitter through...

@Makovjan - In my case, compared to my Ifi Streamer, the LAN input is better. I even upsampled 4x to 176 or 192KHz using JRiver and the sound got a little bit more resolved. Some people might think it is a bit harsh when upsampled though. I am planning to put a simple tiny pc close by over...

I saw this earlier, while deciding between R26 and A26. Yes, you are right. But most often we are listening to studio recordings, where the instruments are closely miked and the sound engineer adds reverb (pushes the instrument front-to-back) and pans (left-to-right vice versa). So a DAC should...

The whole hobby is about high-fidelity. You will get more real tone and soundstage. There is something about live music which is not easy to recreate with a recording. It is probably the impact/dynamic range and harmonics. Better cables will get you there. If you can tell the difference between...

Awesome, I prefer silver cables too. Speaker and RCA were silver, now that I moved to XLR I am looking for a good deal on silver ones. I actually started my audiphile journey more than 20 years ago with DHLabs T14. Based on my trusted reviewers and my own testing I am sticking to the Streamer...

Please share the brand name of these silver cables

Well.. honestly it is a bit annoying for many of us, who promptly throw away the stock cords and use current/new aftermarket cables. Please note, I am a CS and EE Major and know the scientific basis behind this. I have learnt a lot (years ago) from Steve Nugent (of Empirical Audio), Chris (of...

Yes, power cords and in general cables make quite a bit of difference. One of the reasons I took this nick while joining this board. I have this strategy of not spending more than 25% of the component on one cable. For eg I paid $1350 for the A26. I may not pay more $300-400 for a power cord or...

Well, non-audiophiles think we are all crazy. You are a bit more crazy than I am. I have a reclocker too but yours is 10-15 times my cost ..that is all :xf_cool: . Long ago, we thought the SPDIF cables introduce jitter and USB would resolve it. But no it did not. Then the focus was on I2S as it...

Good review. Did you notice a break in period ? I just moved from using a Chord 2Qute to this. Actually, this replaced three devices - Ifi Zen Streamer + Ifi USB reclocker + 2Qute. And I had to spend about $150 for each of them on a linear supply and similar amount for after market power cords...

Initially, I also felt the iSilencer plugged into my Zen Stream, slowed and/or muted the music. But after some changes in the system, like removing the last iPowerX in favor of a LPS things seemed to have changed. Or may be the iSilencer got "broken in". Re: Ifi - I think this company has lots...

After a quite a bit A/B listening, I have decided to keep the iSilencer. Seems to reduce the harshness sometimes that I hear with upsampling to 352Khz. And I dont see any other impact to bass/treble/soundstage. Thx for all your inputs folks.

I have REL S510s and I am eyeing the Kanta No2. So tell me more about the difference between the "luxurious sound of the Sopra" vs the Kanta. I know it is almost double the price, so I should not be surprised

Got it, I understand your chain now. So confirm again, the R26 LAN configuration sounds way better than the tweaked USB path ?

I dont think the iSilencer is in the critical path in your case. The Mac could be buffering and pushing with all that help over USB to the Gustard. BTW, I am impressed with your completely tricked out system and I am also thinking of acquiring the Gustard and some Focal (originally Sopras but...

I only have two places I can use this. At the output of the Mesh endpoint and at the input of the Zen Stream. Both places it did not sound right. Looks like it is slowing networking traffic as I am pushing 352Khz form JRiver to the Zen. I have now connected it between the router and my son's...

Folks, yesterday I connected the LAN iSilencer to my Zen streamer and things got smooth but vibrancy and dynamics seems to have gone. I tried only a few times but I might try it on the TPLink/Deco mesh end. I have and like ifi products as I read through their technical material and am convinced...

Any comparison of the Legato II with Stello U3 or Bel Canto ulink or REFlink ? I am keen on upgrading the source for my TACT S2150 (currently my SBT w/Wellborne Labs linear power supply with TT3.0 software mods)

Hi guys, How much does it cost to have an audiologist take a mould of the ears ? My silver wires' connector broke when in my Ultimate Ears TF10. I am unable to use it and was suggested remold might be a good idea. So I am thinking of getting this done. Any other suggestions ?

Quote: Good suggestion. I also emailed and got a reply from Nick. I am really looking forward to this.

IME, the player does not sound right until it has been played for 50hrs or so. Some people dont believe in this, but to my ears this was pretty obvious. I almost thought I made a bad decision or got a lemon. Slowly, the loss bass tightened and soft treble came into focus. I also switched to thew...

Looks like 96Khz/24bit FLACs does not work on this. It does work on my Rockboxed Sansa Fuze though.

ClieOS, I was referring to this msg from me, for your comments -   Quote: Thanks for the graph. I am actually happy to see the graphs are almost identical. I own the rockboxed Sansa Fuze and now the teclast t51. Inspite of the graph, I hear differences. I think there is no...

ClieOS could you please comment on my observations a few posts earlier. Thanks.

Quote: Thanks for the graph. I am actually happy to see the graphs are almost identical. I own the rockboxed Sansa Fuze and now the teclast t51. Inspite of the graph, I hear differences. I think there is no inconsistency in my observation technically too. The graph is made by measuring...