speaking of lh "I" wonder how it will compare to the sire which is vaporware currently lol. seriously though I am not sure I would spend over a grand on things that are crowd funded. that is shameful honestly they have to crowd fund a $1,500+ dac because they specialize in $120,000 dacs. anyone can build a $1,500+ dac through regular avenues. that just does not appeal to me. plus 12vdc and cannot obtain the psu currently? I would never get a component that does not take an iec. having the psu separate is in fact a great idea to limit noise close to the chip but you cannot get the psu. so that is off for me. plus with the psu it is way more money than the codex. I honestly think if everything else is up to snuff the msb is worth it but lh baffles me. I do not even care for the Debussy. I did not hear them side by side but as I recall the Debussy is not terribly better than the codex! so what could I say about the geek pulse not even having heard heard it? from the looks of it not impressed though.
I know I am coming off as a fan boy comparing the codex to dacs that are multiples of tens of thousands of dollars. yes, they are somewhat better. I will readily admit that. the thing is we are currently getting to the point of k9 hearing as it is. there are differences for sure. so it wil depend what sound you like. however I feel most people can stop at the codex and some of it's competition. however I have heard mere 10 grand dacs I did not like as much. of course that is just me. everyone hears different. what I prefer you may not. in fact some may hate the codex. I was just very lucky that it was about the only size I could make use of and I happened to really like it too. honestly I was not expecting much from it. as it is the thing is on it's side on top of two stillpoints. on that note I would recommend isolation under it and of course good cables. someone said the stock power cord was better. perhaps depending on what power cord. I feel the top shunyata made a nice difference but it is pulling the thing off the shelf lol. I am using the top crystal cable for both balanced and se and the audioquest diamond with two jitterbugs and iipurifier. it changes the sound but to my liking. I do feel the codex is at the level of cables that each cost several times it's price. to me it is just a fluke it happens to be $1,800. as I said they demo it with the ax-5 twenty which is what I am using here. so as I also said apparently they feel they created an albeit cheap beast of a dac. even though it's tiny size would not suggest so. I really want to see what is inside of it but I do not want to open mine. come on guys one of you must have snapped a pic? there are no pics on the net. I also wish this had a femto clock and an additional diamond buffer. of course price would go way up. perhaps then they would have one of the top dacs in existence in a tiny box. I really do not want to start modding it. although I have been very successful modding dacs before. I can no longer myself being mostly paralyzed now but I have people that can for me. I just don't really want to yet. I am pleased with it as it stands. I am not concerned about the warranty either. just don't really feel the need to do it. as I said if you like the sound we are getting to k9 hearing at this point. sure, you will hear differences but I doubt anyone can hear everything it can resolve. well, it paired great in this system. the speakers are the 2nd gen sonus faber extrema. maybe it mates well with those. I suppose so. I am not ashamed it is by far the cheapest piece in this system. also using older rel sub from when made by mr. lord. I do not really care for the post sumiko models. not china just like paper cones and class a/b amps better in a sub. all this class d stuff and fancy composite cones do not make for good subs to me. stick withn what they did for 30 years. or just get mj acoustics now. sorry to speak of subs in a dac thread but it is just the whole system jives good. ymmv. especially with what other components you have. as for the head amp I am sure there is much better. that is not what I got it for. first of all mini jacks puts me way off. I realize it was to fit the size probably. if you just want it as a desktop dac/headamp I am sure it is probably fine though.
