I suspect you need to ground something somewhere. My best guess is the Optical Rendu connected to the M-scaler with the switching power supply. But it's possible you need to ground the M-Scaler instead.
Haha, almost too funny but glad you got it sorted!!
My understanding is that analog attenuation affects damping factor.
Yeah, problem is somehow gone... I was expecting a much longer uphill battle to fight in identifying the culprit.
I can second what Glossator says after reading the above and ordering the Ingress rollerblocks to place under my Dave. I now have a second set under my CD player.
Nice, might put these under both Dave and the Mscaler. Probably helps with keeping things cool too.
It looks like a similar principle to Ansuz Darkz, albeit less balls and far more affordable. I tried some Darkz under my DAVE and they definitely seemed to make a difference. I put them back under my distributor and I'm using IsoAcoustic Orea at the moment.
That wouldn't surprise me. I was just following hints helpfully dropped by Ray - and I understand that the effect is sufficiently nuanced that you can hear the difference between balls of different diameters and materials. The physics is complicated. I get the impression that on the one hand it helps to insulate from external vibrations (e..g produced by speakers), but that the other aspect is absorbing microphony produced by the DAC itself. As ever, experimentation is best if you feel like it (and my rollerballs sit on type of a Daiza). Or, you can just settle down (as I have for the moment!) to enjoy the amazing results.
Is the postage expensive ?
