Oh no! lol so it's not history - it's the future! Maybe when i get the itch again i'll try one to compare how thin (or thick) the slivers of sound differ. Not that i need more options.

& for SQ alone the Mimby is bang-for-the-buck winner. i like to have good budget stuff (if i had more self-control i'd have less of it and so maybe a Gungir), at $250 for the SQ vs $400 for pretty much the same SQ (similar enough to my ears) of the D300, but like i said the additional features...

Mimby is history? Happy to say i have one as an alternate in my main system, though i could swap it into a different HP-only system easily enough. My main 2-channel system has a locally made VTV amp (Hypex NC250) which only has balanced inputs. Originally i used a Schiit Saga with RCA-to-XLR...

That’s Dieter Ilg, & he’s the bass player of the trio ... the piano player is good; the drummer very good IMHO. Ilg has a solo acoustic double bass album called simply “Bass” & it’s not boring, if you like the sound of that instrument ...

Thanks for keeping this thread alive, & reminding me of the CCA used in its simplest configuration —HP minijack stabbed straight into its dead-in-the-market heart! It’s been a long time since I did that, and you know, it doesn’t suck. I’m just enjoying music with it, which is what this is all...

Still listening, right now as i type, & the only tweak was to replace it’s connection to my system with an Audioquest Evergreen mini-to-RCA cable. Sounds cleaner, fuller, deeper. A shame not to utilize the SPDIF outputs but with the DACs i have there’s no real sonic gain to justify an extra...

While wondering whether i should get a Mimby or SMSL SU8 - i couldn’t decide ... i opted instead for two DACs for less then the price of either of the above — got a Modi 3 and an SMSL M100, the latter has an AK4452 ... also previously had an SMSL S10 (which has a 4490; thought i’d A-B the Modi &...

(User error or quote-insertion issue ..) “I almost exclusively listen to Ethereal wave, Dark ambient, Shoegaze, and Neoclassical darkwave.” For example? Is there some suck-ass Shoegaze that i should avoid, in favor of ....? These names intrigue ...

Yeah, you’ve had quite a cash hemorrhage and unless you give your wallet to someone who can strap you down in your listening chair you’re doomed to a happy death!

The Prodigals Go On For St. Patrick’s Day especially (or any day if you’ve not heard it)

Main sys in a finished section of the basement, recently divided into pieces ... 90’s stuff ... Separates (solid state) Rotel preamp and RB-960BX(?) power amp, 60Wpc. I have two and used to have both in bridged mono mode (180wpc); I’ve old Definitve Technology DR7 floorstanding speakers, but one...

That’s a lot of jazz to be familiar with! So i’m sitting in a car killin’ time while my wife’s doing her thing, & thanks i fired up that Benny Carter, since i’m not familiar, & that is one wide soundstage —i’m thinking “i’m in a car - car audio doesn’t suck like it used to!” can’t wait to...

Awesome that your set-up was glitch-free, thus far i’ve only connected via a couple iOS apps & have not attempted set up from an android tablet (lacked immediate recognition); your success gives me hope :-). It’s gap-playback for now more of a nuisance than a deal-breaker and can work around it...

Just checked — the TB 20 streams via Airplay & Amazon Music from my iPad (Solti’s Ring - overnight, and beyond!) ... my CCAs wouldn’t play nice with all my devices / apps ... but f!*k if there’s not a gap of a second between tracks — guess that’s what they mean by “gapless playback” — annoying...

Just got mine this evening ... i’d contributed to an earlier thread concerning the CCA & this was mentioned as a possible option, so i bit ... a bit of a devil to have it recognize my WiFi, likely user error, but now it’s rolling ... part of the purchase rationale was that i needed one more...

Thanks again — interesting enough for me to order one; done this Friday morning, Amazon delivery by Sunday night, God willing ... whether i prefer it’s internal DAC analog out to my 2-channel systems i’ll find out; too curious, & so can’t wait to compare it’s same-ESS chip-as-my-Peachtree DAC...

RCBinTN — Schiit should have you covered https://www.schiit.com/guides/ios-android-and-linux Otherwise i’m sure Schiit would answer an email ... I had a question above, buried in too much typing ... how does old multibit (‘91 Denon) compare to the sound of new multibit (Modi 3 etc)? Newer...

Thanks for the heads-up Ggroch. I have two stationary CCAs in systems ready to roll yet, and one that i manually move from one system to another, so that does leave a spot for this device; i can see myself eventually pulling the trigger for one, not so much out of immediate need, but out of...

I couldn’t find, on a quick search anyways, information about the chip(s?) in that Sony CDP-X303ES player, “CXD2562Q – CXD2567M.” But i picked up an old, c. 1991, Denon DCD-660 from a local used electronics shop for maybe $30 (around $300 new in ‘91), and it’s DAC chip, a PCM61, is apparently...

Tell me about it. On the way to planning to tank my 90’s gear and so researching for what would be an end-game sys, starting with fresh speakers, i realized i have a daughter graduating from college, so guilted myself into more delayed gratification. $250 for Mimby is in the neighborhood of what...

I followed that link Ggroch — that is one cheap Chi-Fi gadget, & yeah, looks like a Dayton, in fact those WBA31s are probably made there. I had looked into the Dayton, & the price (relative to the GCA) & the app dissuaded me ... & WhyTF does it have those never-heard-of-in-the-US Chinese...

Thanks! So far no DSD or hi-rez stuff, the DACs i have with indicators never go above 48 ... but of course would like to sample some in the future ... which with three GCAs might be awhile, unless i get antsy for experimentation and try either of the above, or Tidal or now Qobuz. Anyone...

Never heard any ‘issues’ with mine, and have three in different systems, with different DACs ... but figure all will die one day and wonder what my options will be for simple network streaming. Otherwise as Schiit would say “the music I have” satisfies me; may one day burn the interesting CDs...