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Oh crap, I know Angie. They are awesome - I bought 2X REL Carbon Special subs from them two years ago! Didn't realize they sold T+A. I will give them a call! They are just under a 2 hour drive from where I live. Thanks

Thanks @JaguarAudio appreciate your response. To be clear, I do not own a Holo audio DAC, I own a Rockna Wavelight. My server is capable of doing DSD 1024 up-sampling. My current DAC will not accept a 16X DSD rate , but will take 8x DSD through I2S which I use from the Holo RED (endpoint...

Just wondering Darin (@JaguarAudio) - what was your $20K reference DAC? I currently own a Rockna Wavelight HQPlayer doing upsampling duties to Holo RED. Upsampler server (roon + HQP) sit in another part of the house. Network is fiber optics into the listening space. This DAC has garnered...

LOL it _is_ pricy, FWIW I bought it second-hand, and it was the previous generation. Even still, used price on that cord was still expensive. Psst... dont mention this to people outside of the hobby for fear of being sent off to some institution.... :-D for the price I paid used, the...

I have owned the Rockna WL for almost 2 years now. It is sensitive to the following: 1) Power Cords - and I mean the big boys. I feel out of my listening chair when I plugged in a Synergetic Research Galileo - cannot un hear this. The galileo replaced a Lessloss c-Mark and firewall 64X -...

I used the exact same Mundorf Silver Gold 18 Ga, as well as about the same length, I completely agree, the top end is just incredible cymbals and hi-hats sound more 3 dimensional with shimmer, but no glare, or edge. My fuse is the QSA violet, and improvement is profound!

Ok so I bought the same Mondorf silver gold 18ga wire and performed the same surgery on my WL. Fuse holder is out and my qsa fuse is hard wired. To be honest, I was not expecting to hear any difference. I tested continuity to make sure everything was good. Plugged it in, turned it on and...

Great review "The Meitner MA3, by comparison mind you, sounds like an exact replica of the DA2, only scaled down a bit from full size. " Stick a really good power cord on it and I bet the differences between MA3 and DA2 shrink even more... Does anyone know if the MA3 ships with the Kimber...

So in 2021 I ordered one of those stupid expensive QSA Violet Fuses for the Wavelight - it made a very noticeable improvement. What improvements would be had via direct solder, and can you solder from the top of the board? Id be willing to try this...

Wow, you are making me really think about the MA3. Ed is one of the great pioneers of digital (more accurately, I believe his specialty is clock design and switching power supplies), along with Andreas Koch of Playback Designs - Andreas holds patents for asynchronous up-sampling, the two worked...

That is correct, there are jumpers on the board to set the gain, I think the default is 6dB.

Agree with your sentiment on I2s sound and WL. I found the same - but with my 2 channel set up this additional top end detail was too much (i2s). Biggest improvement to the WL DAC that I heard was the power cord. The Synergistic Research Galileo made me fall out of my listening chair, the...

Honestly, I am not sure why so many people go gaga over I2S, with the Rockna, the secret sauce with I2S is with Rockna's own server / streamer, as apparently with their own server, the Rockna DAC and Streamer handshake the clock between DAC and streamer. With all else on I2S the Wavelight DAC...

Like new in box - original Westone W80s. I paid $1200 USD when new. I am selling because I basically bought these, and they never got used. IEMs have been sitting in their box for the past three years. I need to clear out things I am no longer using. These have maybe about 100 hours on...

Anyone have any word from Rockna on upcoming firmware update? I thought I had read somewhere they were planning to release something this year? Still use the Rockna - LOVE IT. Changed from Cardas Clear to Synergetic Excite Level 2 XLR and LOVE the sound - puts a big smile on my face every...

Nice choice in music! Been doing the same. I've been playing around with PGGB up-sampler to 8X rates / FLAC, with the Rockna set to NOS and WOW what a nice improvement. I am using the recently released SOTM motherboard and JCAT USB XE with FARRAD linear power supply and that board has three...

@Clemmaster what's interesting to me, is that some people find the WL laid back and thicker, and that was one of the reasons I bought it. Thing is, in my system I dont find that to be the case at all. YMMV, but in my system, I find it has (for the most part) just the right amount of presence...

LOL - I sort of figured you were going to say that. I listen primarily to 2-channel audio.

Has anyone compared Wavelight Balanced out to Wavedream Signature (either SE or XLR)? There is quite a significant price hike between WL and WD, one person I spoke with said there are indeed differences, but not massive ones... But I have not heard in my system. Would great to hear from...

As promised - below are the settings I use in HQ Player. Essentially I send everything as 8X PCM (either multiple of 44.1 or 48.4). DSD is converted to PCM SDM settings are omitted as output mode is PCM

@EagleWings - agree WRT HQ player, it is a very cumbersome app. I use it in its embedded form directly on Euphony Stylus end point. When I have a few moments later today, I will send a screen shot of the settings I use with Rockna - may be a good starting point.

This is really interesting. FWIW, in my system I wouldn't call the Wavelight bright, but I wouldn't call it warm either. I do agree that with some recordings at loud volumes I do get "digititus". I've been trying to place my finger on what is going on, and I think it is more of a...

Interesting - I have had an entire loom of Grover Huffman for sometime. I recently upgraded speaker cables to two runs of silversmith audio, stunning improvements, and I have tried (but did not like) the High Fidelity line going between the Rockna and Pre as well as from Pre to power amp. The...

@harsheel - I have read the same, Yellow QSA vs SR Purple are similar in performance albeit focus on different areas of performance. QSA violet was on a different level, but I am not sure how much better it will get going up the QSA fuse line. I would be interested to know what interconnects...