Wynnytsky
500+ Head-Fier
I'm guessing the Triode Labs is 10 or 12awg -- the DIY that preceded it is 13awg. My DI20HE is sounding it's best with I2S and fatter (lower-gauge) power cables directly into the wall.
I use Aquacomputer kryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter for M.2 water block and passive heatsink variants but only for better cooling solutionThose NVMe ports a precious -- I use both on my server. Your mobo has 3?
I knew people used PCIe to NVMe adapters -- I didn't know I could buy a rizer to go the other way.
Do you mean the above mentioned user problems or external clock synchronization is possible only for devices that connected by i2s? but sotm USBultra does not have i2s input at all - only usb. I think the more devices synched by 10mhz - the better, right?People are saying external clocks will only behave when using serial data processing out to I2S.
For those with external clocks we can only hope this can be addressed with an FPGA update.
1600$ pinkfaun vs 988$ Di-20HE feel the difference))I dunno, the pinkfaun i2s path is sounding awfully good right now.
I use a pure silver usb cable too, got it on ebay less than 100usd. I just ordered the 0.7m Oyaide d+ class a, which has a raving review in the Absolute Sound. All occ copper cable but with finely controlled impedance.I just did the same thing. I was using a $8.00 14awg power chord I got on amazon- the thickest regular power chord I could find and replaced it with my Harmonix $1,500 audiophile power chord. I found there to be a small difference- a bit more transparent perhaps- but I prefer the $8.00 chord as it seems meatier....
Using a pure silver USB cable without a power line on the other hand to my ears has a GIGANTIC effect on the sound vs. a cheap $5 USB cable.
This is a fun hobby...
we need THE LINKI use a pure silver usb cable too, got it on ebay less than 100usd
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-7-Meter-H...ire/132111568100?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144we need THE LINK
Is "The Link" a Transparent Audio USB cable? I'm using a solid silver 23awg (Wireworld Platenum). But it's sad because I broke my rear USB ports so now I'm using a $10 junky USB hub to share my only USB port with a keyboard. Just another reason I need to build me a Zen3! Hurry up AMD!we need THE LINK
Its too overpriced. I think Vodka is very good variant. AES/EBU with same quality as vodka costs 3-4 times moreI'm using a solid silver 23awg (Wireworld Platenum)
And what about connecting with di-20? how can you connect two usb plugs to di-20 to disconnect one of them later?If your getting a USB cable for use with an Anamero combo384 USB DAC like audio-gd, get one built with separate "Data" and "V-bus lines". (often referred to as a "dual head usb cable").
definitely -- my friend had an 11" platinum usb, and for the SU1 it ran circles around the curious cable. I think he asked $200 for it and it came with a metal flight case just in case there's any doubt you're overpaying for a USB cable.Its too overpriced
good dealI think he asked $200 for it and it came with a metal flight case just in case there's any doubt you're overpaying for a USB cable.
If your getting a USB cable for use with an Anamero combo384 USB DAC like audio-gd, get one built with separate "Data" and "V-bus lines". (often referred to as a "dual head usb cable").
Why? Because the Anamaro combo384 only needs the V-bus power line for the initial handshake to the computer when you do a restart. Once the computer and DAC make that handshake connection, one may disconnect the power line completely and leave only the data line of the USB cable connected to the DAC.
Results from disconnecting the USB power line are ENORMOUS increase in transparency; more than ANY other tweak I have ever tried in any system I have ever owned.... With all that "Galvanic Isolation"- computer noise is still leaking in to the system- and this is my proof.
By the way- getting a USB cable made for this purpose is much cheaper than getting a LPS for your computer or any of these "Rendu style ethernet devices" and theoretically much better as these devices still have noise- albeit less than the power supply of the computer. We are talking here about "NO COMPUTER NOISE;- ZERO." It is simply impossible as there is no power connection between the computer and DAC. Forget about Galvanic Isolation. This method stops the problem before it even starts; at the beginning of the entire chain rather than attempting to filter it later on in the chain.
Be prepared however (until your ears adjust) for a thinner and more accurate sound than you are used to. That computer noise is falsely saturating the sonic presentation.