I'd go for a KTE SU-2 which is a custom modified/supercharged Singxer SU-2 from Kitsune. At least you can have an upgrade path by purchasing an over seas After Dark external 10mhz clock. That setup would certainly trump the Iris with no upgrade path.

This is leaping into a different approach of isolating noise from cascading DDC units, while utilizing internal clocks. Ref10 is in an entirely different category in Reference Master clock. As funding is not bottomless. I'm going with this approach that crazy obsessed audiofiles have been...

Seems that ferrite chokes are effective in EMI and RF reduction. Some research I did has indicated it can effect the rising and falling edges of the data square wave. You can even buy "snap connectors" and create your own ferrite treatment. The grounding is apparently tied to both ends of the...

Lolito, Dacs are a strange conversion unit. Perhaps Pontus may provide more detail but we are talking about a higher tier device. May I suggest to be an "action" person..... 1) change the wall receptacle from a "spec build $3" receptacle to a higher quality one. I suggest Pass/Seymour 5362-W...

If you are close proximity, Single ended RCA is absolutely fine. SQ wise I find that I can get equal SQ between XLR and RCA. We can be fooled in the higher dB signal delivery of the XLR setup. Also note that balanced true ccts is more more expensive to build so many manufacturers will have XLR...

Roon SQ is still quite good. It's just that Audirvana is better. If a person listened to that low 16bit/44.1 on my system they would scratch their heads. I know my limitation is 24/192 with my coax feed. I do not upsample and use whatever native feed I get from Tidal. I do not ever yearn for...

I must emphasize that I am just creating awareness of upgrade paths. These are not needed this second but in due time will open up the higher sonic joys. I'm really into all kinds of music. late 80's R& B for nostalgic reasons, Piano, Trio, acoustic jazz vocals, chillout, meditation...

Jumping back to the discussion of audiophile-grade Ethernet switches. I will share my views on this topic, since we are all about sonics and "jitter" talk. I have been using two Silent Angel N8 units. One switch feeds the 2nd unit in a cascade/daisy chain fashion. I do not use the "medical...

What is "measured objectively"? So this would indicate that an electronic measuring device can provide you information of being holographic, level of instrument isolation, layers, distance between vocalist from the front row, shimmer of highs, Prat, emotional engagement??????? I would love this...

In due time you can accumulate gear to your preference. I took a serious leap of faith in purchasing my first audiograde/ethernet switch. I had full refund guarantee and I was ready to take advantage of such "audition" and return the "fake advertisement".............. Let's just say I...

The coax / ethernet adapter is quite impressive. The powerline Dlink I owned always ran incredibly hot an it shorted out my ethernet line. It literally killed my internet service to my entire house!!!!!!! As I removed the defective unit my ISP service went back online. The MOCA adapter has been...

I am a believer that non reclocking dacs will benefit by a very large margin. For the higher end dacs with input reclocking cct's those will sound very good without a re-clocking ddc. HOWEVER, with my personal ears I'll take reclocking regarldess of what dac I audition/own. There's a very...

Try a shielded power cord. You have a familiarity of a common solid state dac and how it reproduces music. Many cheap/cheerful dacs just provide a wall of detail and forward. The relaxed sound may be fooling you. You may be too use to how solid state dacs commonly sound. Do yourself a...

In discussion of the time frame of stock.........to purchase #3 unit. All of this reclocking stuff is not something that adds. This treated signal is sifting through the noise/grunge/dirt that is destroying and hiding details that already exists in the square wave music data source. The...

As we all try to extract as much as possible, we can get somewhat overly hardcore. As for my setup. My ISP has fiber upto my house. from that point it's feeds a cable modem. Note I have 2 external IP's on my modem. I have 2 routers: #1 for high traffic duties for my household (netflix...

Wouldn't any decent coax have some implementation of a high quality xformer? All this talk of DDC is great awareness. Talking about TXCO ......my Silent Angel N8 audiofile grade Ethernet switch uses that type of clock. Yes....I'm also redundant in using two Silent Angel n8 ethernet switches...

The issue with the Node 2i is that it has an average switching power supply internally. This has been known to be the weakness of that product. This is where 3rd party LPS units can be swapped to improve SQ. I would assume other slightly more expensive music streamers with built in LPS would...

Allow the DDC to break in. The sound should become more relaxed and music will flow even more freely. As he re-locking occurs you may start to hear more of the "venue" and the micro details starts to reveal itself. How? the noise floor can drop and lets those details come out freely to your ears.

No photo to share. For my solid state system I've kept it simple with a Parasound A21+ with a matching Parasound P6 Pre-amp. Tube setup I use a locally made Space tech labs SA-700 (200 watt @ 8 ohms) KT150 hybrid tube amp with STL tube pre-amp and STL 24 bit Tube dac. Time is on our side to...

The reason why people purchase DACs is for the purpose of chasing a preferred SQ. You mentioned how your Toppings DAC is fatiguing over time. This is an indication that the DAC is overly excited for long sessions. I would suggest setting the Toppings DAC aside and just be less critical on your...

So virtually all DACS us USB Asycronous connection. Most hardcore 2 channel people I know will use I2S (Aqua acousic) with their LinQ streamer or Mutec feeding coax to dacs. This is where it concentrates on retention of the clock signal from the re-clocking DDC. Interesting how many care...

Good to hear the Singxer F1 is doing the trick!!!! This is where a reclocker is a serious jump from your typical DDC such as the Eitr. In most cases any type of USB "performance" device is just a slight improvement....if at all. What I have observed is that my old UPtone USBRegen was nothing...

Seems that there is an upgrade path by purchasing Ifi USB power. Since the F-1 uses USB port power, having the ifi USB power can give it an additional bump in SQ. Another weakness is the quality of the coax cable. In due time you should hear some more micro details as the noise floor drops due...

Sajunky, I have not made any claims on Venus II I2S or AES. We can always assume that a Denafrips upgrade path will always be better. Sometime, depending on music genre this may not be 100% of the case. This is where many didn't catch on that the improvements in SQ stemmed from the reclock...

We are all experimenting and on a journey. Key point is Re-clocking will be a common conversation in due time. I'm few that are totally vocal as I've personally experienced big sonic changes as well as other people with SUBSTANTIALLY more ultra high end gear. When you do purchase a good...