Mine are pre-fazor as well.  Maybe someone else will have the post.; I'd like to compare as well.

Looks good at this point.   LCD 3 Senn 650 AKG 701 Yulong DAC Woo Audio 6 (hot rod)   Cheers

Just want to add my thanks to Fidelis for hosting and providing such great food.  Really nice meeting everyone and hearing all the gear - looking forward to doing it again. Best, Larry

No science here - only subjective opinion from a professional cellist.  I auditioned the HOT for a week - LCD 3 and Senn 650.  I found the following:  slightly expanded sound stage, less congestion in very complex orchestral passages and a livelier sound.  I did not purchase the HOT because I...

Never been to a meet so I'm very excited to attend.  I'll be there.  Will bring Yulong D18, modded WA 6 and various phones.

I've been known to check Classicstoday.com for their 10/10 selections - see if Naxos has it. The Bruckner 7 with Haitink and Chicago (CSR) is excellent.

Mahler 4 - Fischer, Budapest

Nat King Cole "One of those Things" - S&P 508.

Bartok 4th Quartet - Hungarian Quartet on DGG.

. . . Violin Concerto and 1st Rhapsody - Henryk Szeryng, Bernard Haitink with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Philips 6500 021. Really nice in all respects.

Bach and Vivaldi violin concerti - Oistrach & Stern with Ormandy & Philadelphia (mono).

Thanks, I think I'll indulge.

. . . "Best of" album. Bach, B minor Mass (continued).

. . . beginning anyway - Musical Heritage Society, Ensemble of Lausanne. Excellent

In my case (laptop) the problem was with the ac power - on battery power all the noise disappeared.

. . . and those of several of my (music department) colleagues prefer XXHighend (especially "Engine 3") to Foobar. I'm running Vista. I have no clue as to the reasons.

. . . Miraculous Mandarin. Boulez/NYP/Columbia M31368.

Chailly and Concertgebouw and Haitink and CSO respectively.

. . . String Quartet, though Op. 131 would be an equally good choice; I just happen to love the Molto adagio from 132. I think any Beethoven other than one of the late Quartets does a disservice to his mystic and cosmic genius.

. . . concert of wind and brass music by Mozart, Stravinsky, Strauss and Dvorak. Probably the only concert I'll ever play where I'm involved in only one piece (cello in the Dvorak).

. . . Concerto for Orchestra with Ansermet and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; London STS 15110

. . . with Bruno Walter and NYP, Odyssey Y2 30848. Walter is, of course, great at this.

for me - does all I need.

. . . again. Solti, London symphony, London Records.

. . . via USB should sound great. I use Foobar or XX Highend via USB out, to DacMagic, to Woo Audio 3, to AKG 701 (also to the power amp and speakers). It sounds great. I may yet experiment with other solutions, but honestly, I doubt that the improvement will be substantial.