@BlackMagic Thank you for the links. My previous AudioDG DACs had Amanero 384 USB and I was glad to see the Morpheus has the same. Since that has always given good performance in my experience. I know the Metrum USB has been considered "second rate" by many users, although Anjo was very positive...

Thank you folks. Still need to find out how the USB is powered on both the Onyx and the Morpheus since moving to another input type is not doable at present. But I'll try and contact both Sonnet and Metrum directly and see if I can find that out. In the meantime I'm checking to see what my...

I've been using an Onyx for the last year with good results. Anjo was very helpful in the pre-sales period and I decided to stay with the USB input connected to my Mac Mini. I did have a couple of questions if anyone knows since getting info from Metrum these days is like pulling teeth. 1) in...

Anyone have opinions on running the M8 off a unit like the ChargeTech Portable Power Outlet? I have one of these and was wondering if using an external powerbank would work and/or be an improvement?   https://chargetech.com/product/portable-power-outlet/    

Thanks. I'm using Audirvana on an iMac but just checked my Massdrop receipt and supposedly it is the latest version. I'll double check in either case. Can't say enough good things about this little guy. Especially for the price.

Btw, is there a way to confirm having the 32bit version instead of the 24bit one?

Have you tried the different filter settings?  I found "Fast" was a bit too "shrill" with my setup, "Slow" a bit muffled and thought "Mini" worked the best. Will probably try a "USB Cleaner" at some point and still playing around with cables. So far the Pangea 4% Silver sounds the best for my...

I actually did do that the 2nd time around. Had the wife swap the cables while I listened over headphones so I could clearly hear the difference. Trust me, I'm certainly not into snake oil and as long as a cable is well made things should sound the same, but it was very apparent the the stock...

Been running one of these since getting it via Massdrop a couple of weeks back. For the price it's an excellent unit and has been getting better as I leave it on. I do find a big difference between the optical and USB but that was evident with other DAC's I've tried with my system. The optical...

Thank you for the replies. I'm not sure that balanced vs. SE would make a real difference and the $ between the DAC19 and the GMB is enough to make the less expensive option look good. The bigger question for me will be how it sounds in the system and if the more forward sound of the Schiit with...

Usual type of post but I've now put my short list together and wanted to get some opinions. I'm also not necessarily looking for a headphone amp DAC, though it's a nice to have. So why post on Head-Fi? Simply put, the reviews and posts I've read here have been some of the best and even though...