[Nurgayan]

  between the LME 49710 and NE5534A which one is you're favourite ? Did you buy you're opamp on ebay ? In case yes a favourite seller that sell one of this and they're original ?

For me, the option with NE5534A is more preferable. However, it requires an additional element, such as a capacitor to work in I/V stage. In any case, both options are not standard. I bought chips and adapters, and then I did soldering. Purchased electronic components on Ebay, mainly from the seller under the nickname HIFIIC.

 

[raoultrifan]

@grig: Try 4 x original MUSES01 or 4 x MUSES8890.
 
Anyway, in case you're using LME49990 now, please swap them with the default LME49720 and let us know if the noise is still there when V5i are used in LPF.

 

[techboy]

I'm selling mine. Check this out:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/841943/asus-essence-one-muses-edition-dac-pre-and-headphone-amp

 

[grig]

  @grig: Try 4 x original MUSES01 or 4 x MUSES8890.
 
Anyway, in case you're using LME49990 now, please swap them with the default LME49720 and let us know if the noise is still there when V5i are used in LPF.

i have the original muses and yes it does ! like it does with lme 49990. btw why you recommend the 8890 and not the 8920 ?

 

[raoultrifan]

Typo, sorry. I meant 8920, of course; 8920 is a FET-input opamp designed to be used in I/V stage and it really does a good job.

 

[grig]

  Typo, sorry. I meant 8920, of course; 8920 is a FET-input opamp designed to be used in I/V stage and it really does a good job.

a seller on ebay that sells them original for sure ? maybe i give them a try 

 

[raoultrifan]

You should use official channels, you'll definitely find 8920 ad 8820 too. eBay can not be trusted, sorry.

 

[Nurgayan]

On Ebay there are sellers whose reputation earned the consumer's trust. For example, for the purchase of Muses 01/02 and 8920 can turn to gyrocom (Audiotrak).

 

[grig]

  On Ebay there are sellers whose reputation earned the consumer's trust. For example, for the purchase of Muses 01/02 and 8920 can turn to gyrocom (Audiotrak).

gyrocom looks like someone that can be trusted to be honest

 

[Nurgayan]

  gyrocom looks like someone that can be trusted to be honest

My confidence in this seller is confirmed by successful transactions ...

 

[Pipppero2007]

Hi,

How i can play dsd files with E1 original in foobar2000?

Read nany guides but i prefer an advice from you that knows the E1.

 

[mBTX]

Hi,

How i can play dsd files with E1 original in foobar2000?

Read nany guides but i prefer an advice from you that knows the E1.

you need to buy the upgrade kit to do that. amazon sells it for $125

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LHT73L2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A353W46UC1RVYH

 

[EternalChampion]

I would like to get some more feedback related to the E1 MKii standard version before I make my final decision: So my question is, whether the mid-bass feels heavy and bricky to you, and also whether the drums strike hard with aggression.

Whoever owns the STX II and uses it with headphones like the HD600/650 knows exactly what I'm talking about... Equing stuff was unfortunately mandatory to make it listenable.

So, my general concern here is frequencies sticking out from the rest of the mix in an aggressive manner.

 

[Karllin]

If I use the Essence One Muse as a source to an amp via the XLR outputs, how high should I set the volume on the Muse to get the best sound?

 

[raoultrifan]

@EternalChampion: Basically, sound of MKii is identical with the sound of MKi when playing FLAC/MP3 files (if upsampling feature is not involved).
There's a lot of feedback on the pages of this thread, so I'm not sure I could say more than all the others that contributed here. Though I would say that upgrading to MKii will resolve the upsampling treble roll-off issue and also adding DoP DSD playback.

@Karllin: Usually volume should be set to the max. to get the best SNR possible. However, depending on your amp sensitivity, you could adjust the Essence's volume to match your preference.