[jlbrach]

i had about 6k of CD's the majority that i laboriously copied to hard drive and i use with my dave/blu2 and roon nucleus.....i kept the 350 SACD's that i had and listen to them with my loudspeaker system and PS AUDIO setup.....works for me! i do in addition have a Qobuz subscription

 

[Triode User]

Seems Rob Watts doesn't think even a 768kHz high res files beats an M Scaled 44.1kHz file:

I was talking about hires files that can be bought as downloads, ie 48, 96, 192. Those compared to 44.1 do sound better to me through MScaler and Blu2 compared to the 44.1 versions through them.

Rob did not say that a 768k recording is that same as an MScaled 44.1, just that it has the same virtues.

I will carry on buying the hires versions where available.

 

[musickid]

Have you compared mH2 to mDAVE Jlbrach?

 

[musickid]

Not too sure about that Triode did Rob really mean a native 768kHz file is identical in timing at least to a rbcd/48kHz file upsampled? Timing is key here as we don't really 'hear' a 768kHz file but rather derive the increase in the quality of the timing of the track. That is my understanding.

 

[Amberlamps]

Des Arme

Some more french

Des Arme, Des Arme, Des Arme


It’s times like this that I wish I took french at school instead of spanish.

 

[musickid]

What's the relevance here....des arme?

 

[Amberlamps]

What's the relevance here....des arme?

The relevance is, it’s a song playing via my mscaler and TT2.

Which I have no king clue asto what they are saying.

http://open.qobuz.com/album/0060253779829?track=19603177

 

[musickid]

Looks like an interesting artist...double platinum.

Glad to see you're feeling better these days. Mk.

 

[iDesign]

Choice at the tap of a finger can never be equalled by anything other than streaming. My estimation is if the vast majority of music is now streamed (that's a fact) within 5 years physical media will be obsolete. The market rules. To reinforce this with a few tweaks blu2 owners made the on board cd=usb streaming with respect to SQ. The gap is small.

Its also important to remember that the advent of services like iTunes, Pandora, Spotify wasn’t about choice, it was about piracy and monetization. Also consider the last real format breakthrough the industry had was the Red Book CD and streaming is not a new format, it’s merely a different method of delivery. I’m optimistic that with advances in bandwidth and data storage, lossless streaming sound quality will improve. The question will be what direction the studios take streaming.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I've been listening to a bunch of DSD tracks I just purchased. I then went back to normal 16bit /44100. Those CD-Quality tracks sound terrible now. I think I'm going to have to buy the M-Scaler, if it makes all of my 44100 sound like DSD. I'm kind of blown away at how much better DSD sounds. Wow

 

[Amberlamps]

I've been listening to a bunch of DSD tracks I just purchased. I then went back to normal 16bit /44100. Those CD-Quality tracks sound terrible now. I think I'm going to have to buy the M-Scaler, if it makes all of my 44100 sound like DSD. I'm kind of blown away at how much better DSD sounds. Wow

The dsd tracks I’ve got don’t sound uber good, the highest ones I have is dsd 256, I play them through roon and jriver, but I wondered why when trying to play a few of them in roon, I couldn’t understand why roon would always freak out.

It turned out to be Roon was trying to play a 3 gigabyte dsd track, 3 gigabytes, What huge, no wonder roon took a schiit.

I downloaded them all without realising just how big they were. I can’t see 3gig music files catching on anytime soon.

 

[STR-1]

Specifically, he found that using 16v on this battery supply worked about as well as one of the best power supplies money can buy (a Paul Hynes DR SR7):

Yes, a highly respected poster. High praise for the battery supply in sound quality terms even though it was found to still fall short of the SR7. But I would think it was risky running the M Scaler at 16V (it is rated for supplies between 9V-15V) given the so-so reputation these battery supplies have with voltage regulation. Rob runs his battery supply at 12V.

 

[miketlse]

Yes, a highly respected poster. High praise for the battery supply in sound quality terms even though it was found to still fall short of the SR7. But I would think it was risky running the M Scaler at 16V (it is rated for supplies between 9V-15V) given the so-so reputation these battery supplies have with voltage regulation. Rob runs his battery supply at 12V.

@Rob Watts has already warned that using above 15V will blow the protection diode, which will be a clear indication to chord, that the owner has used a non recommended power supply. Search the thread using the term diode, will probably find the posts.

 

[STR-1]

I’ve seen many of Rob’s posts about this, and I certainly wouldn’t take the risk of running the M Scaler at 16V. But at least one experienced poster appears to have done so and some might be persuaded by this to try themselves. If you had a power supply that supplied at 16V with absolute certainty that it would not drift above 16V, the risk might be negligible as there is bound to be a little headroom above 15V on the M Scaler. But what battery power-bank comes with that certainty. Reviews of that Poweradd Pilot Pro model I have read on Amazon are very mixed with only a little over half the reviewers giving it a clean bill of health. Best not to go there.

 

[miketlse]

Just in case anyone is tempted to try running the MScaler at 16V, and they then blow the protection diode, they will have to open their wallets for an 'out of warranty' repair.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hug...official-thread.885042/page-228#post-14613575
Perhaps even more serious, is that we shall expect them to make a 'post of shame' on head-fi.