shuttlepod
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Given how good DAVE sounded with my el cheapo USB cable from my laptop, I'm wondering how much better the music can get?? Thanks for exploring these frontiers.
Also AES only supports up to 192k sample rate so if decided to go that way then all the DXD and DSD are out of the window.
One more thing about USB cable, I can definitely hear differences between my Audience AU24SE USB cable and the stock cable that came with DAVE and it's quite obvious. The Audience cable I'm using is a dual end setup which signal and power are completely separate and I connect the power leg to an external TeddyUSB PSU so it doesn't draw the dirty power from computer, I'm not sure how much this contribute to the differences I heard as DAVE's USB is galvanically isolated.
Roy, you are writing about differences between laptop and Aurender. What about the Sonicorbiter SE? When I changed from laptop to Sonicorbiter SE (with LPS and good cables and Roon) I got a slight improvement (let´s say 5-10%). But it´s really not easy to hear teh difference. Yesterday I thought I could here an improvement after updating to Roon 1.2.
After all we have to ask ourselves if the differences we hear always mean that the sound turns better. The only thing that maybe will be intresting for me (and worth the price) is the upcoming Rendu.
Is it a bit perfect issue with the different digital sources or perhaps RFI creeping in with certain digital sources/cables? Could also be noise from these components fed back into the AC causing a "system issue". Thoughts?
Given how good DAVE sounded with my el cheapo USB cable from my laptop, I'm wondering how much better the music can get?? Thanks for exploring these frontiers.
Congratulations, Simon!
... All ready made some discoveries.
Well my friend, it was thanks to you 100%. All ready made some discoveries.
If you have the opportunity, you should try isolating the power source to DAVE from the noisy power environment of your computer system. I've now essentially dedicated my Torus BX-5 (isolation transformer type power conditioner) to Chord DAVE. The sonic improvement without pollution from digital sources is surprising.
If you have the opportunity, you should try isolating the power source to DAVE from the noisy power environment of your computer system. I've now essentially dedicated my Torus BX-5 (isolation transformer type power conditioner) to Chord DAVE. The sonic improvement without pollution from digital sources is surprising.