Selling my Oyaide Continental 5S USB cable 60cm in length. The cable uses a 5N OCC silver signal conductor and a PCOCC-A copper conductor for the power line. It's made in Japan, condition is great. You won't find a better cable for the price - it retails for $300! Free shipping worldwide...

Price reduced to $210, free shipping worldwide!

Serious buyer, paid without complaints and confirmed that he recieved the goods. Didn't haggle for the price either. Pleasure doing business with him.

Selling this beautiful Siemens E88Cca tube. The condition is NOS - like new, comes with the original box. The tube measures perfectly and has been tested for microphony. It has grey plates and is made in the early 1960, maybe even before that. It's an exceedingly rare tube, even more so in...

There are also streamers where you can add external storage like a harddrive or/and Sm memory card

Selling my Oyaide Continental 5S USB cable The data gets transmitted over a 5N silver 0.5mm diameter conductor. The power via PCOCC-A copper. Condition is 9/10. Will be difficult to find a better cable for the price. Retail price in Japan is around $190, in Europe 324Euros. Worldwide...

Music server the same thing as a network streamer or? These terms get confusing, music streamer, music server, network streamer, network audio player....

That depends on the circuitry/implementation of your DAC and the streamer.... with some streamers into some DAC's I2s might better, others USB others BNC. I am pretty sure, that for instance the Gustard SDA6 PRO DAC has such a good USB implementation that any other type of connection feeding it...

What happens if you remove the W4S recovery from the chain? Have you compared what happens if you only use the Recovery via Curious Regen Link directly into your DAC? Try to make a comparison if you can and let us know! It would be interesting to know how much the W4S recovery does in this...

Pink Faun ones are interesting, especially the I2S bridge. But, I am not sure if a DDC isn't a better option considering that price is pretty much the same. What do you think?

Yeah sorry, I should have been more specific. Like 10-15 years ago, if someone wanted to get better sound than onboard audio he would usually purchase a PCI-E soundcard like Asus Xonar Essence STX or Creative SoundBlaster. But, nowadays it's probably better to buy an entry level external DAC and...

PCI-E cards are a thing of the past tbh. It depends what isolator you are comparing it to. Of course, it depends on the DAC you are using for instance the Singxer SDA6 PRO has galvanic isolation and a near perfect USB implementation and a DDC between it and the PC does pretty much nothing.

Bruh, why so obsessed about recording studios? It's totally different than home audio, they use different gear altogether. You are hopeless, mate

First of all this thread hasn't been about discussing if USB interfaces make a difference or not, but which type of interface is the best. It's not just about USB, it's about digital audio in general which is not as flawless as many think. For starters, here is a good video about it with...

Hi I am selling my AudioQuest King Cobra RCA cable. The real length is 52.5CM/20.7" Condition is mint. I only used it for a short period and has no real signs of use. The retail price is: $135

Sorry, but you are really misinformed. It has been proven a million times already that connecting your DAC directly to your PC is a really inefficient solution and deteriorates the sound quality. There has been a lot of R&D on how to improve or circumvent this problem.

Yeah sure but the data will still be transferred over a cable to your streamer and any cable will function as an antenna for noise. I could be wrong tho.

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Beeling GT KIng has 2x ESS9018 chips inside for digital to analog conversion. Are you bypassing these by going into your DDC and then into your DAC?

First of all, a NAS over a desktop computer makes no difference whatsoever. A NAS also has a processor, RAM, etc, and makes a lot of noise. You are not going to get any less noise than from a computer. Probably way more noise actually. I am not sure I understand the rest well, but I don't think...

Hi So I think this would make for an interesting topic. A few years ago, if you wanted to correct some of the flaws, you would get when a DAC is connected directly to a PC, you would either buy a Sonore MicroRendu or UltraRendu. Later came the Uptone EtherRegen. The second option was to...

Seems like a really good DAC for the money but I am looking for something a bit more high-end :)

Hey I am still using a Khadas Tone Board connected via USB to my PC. I think it's time to get something better. I am willing to buy used but I'd say $1200 is the limit. I don't need any Bluetooth and I heard that the Bifrost 2 has pillowy bass I'd prefer to avoid that. Do you guys have some...

You can listen to them, just order the Fostex 610 from Amazon or Thomann, send them back after you tried them. Shipping is free anyway. 610 and x00 are the same headphones, just different wooden cups. x00 is cheaper than the 610 but gets sold exclusively by massdrop. They are 400$ on Massdrop...

As for headphones Massdrop Fostex TR-X00's would be a tick in all the boxes, they are not very neutral tho. Fostex 610 (same thing as TR-X00) are available on Amazon or Thomann, i think it's possible to order them and ship back for free just to try them. Should be better than those you listed...