801evan
Headphoneus Supremus
That is correct. I'm doing 40x lt3045s USB chain vs the Innous Phoenix 2x lt3045. I got the SRC dx and while it improved over the USB input. I was still somewhat underwhelmed. (You heard it here folks...) But the game changer was putting 3x sorbothanes on the src dx and the blacks just became Vantablack. Silly and stupid but whatever. Imagine 5 usd dampeners being the last piece of the puzzle. Everything else has sorbothanes but the src dx and it still have a grey presentation until I put sorbothanes on it. And I've been using 17awg silver occ bnc cables with silver bnc plugs.The Phoenix > SRC-DX > dual BNC chain is extraordinary. Either piece on its own is a significant upgrade. The two combined provide their individual benefits, but also supplies Sean Jacobs power to the SRC-DX via the PS in the Phoenix.
Some will not want to hear this, esp. this next part: the SQ scales up with better BNC cables. I started out with some good Nordost cables to test out the configuration. Once I confirmed the improvements, I moved to HFC CT2s and netted a few more notches of SQ.
I understand the pushback from all of this because of the expense and complex technical factors beyond "common sense." However, at one level, it is quite simple. Everything counts, from major components to little fuses to lines of code. And–everything–can be upgraded. But–nothing–has to be upgraded. The beauty of this is everyone can calibrate for themselves a custom level of investment vs. SQ.
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