Amberlamps
Formerly known as Phuca
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Jim Jones and his cult
That wasn't a cult, that was a headfi meetup gone bad as only beats by dre turned up.
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Jim Jones and his cult
Are people generally setting these up side by side? They are so compact that they are lost in my sanus rack sitting on their own shelves. And the Wave cables, while beautiful to behold, are heavy beasts. Side by side might help to support the cable but not sure if the 2 pieces should be isolated from each other. Also the way the power cord is configured, I assume an upgraded PC isn't something peeps are doing?
My mscaler rattled so I opened it. There was an extra very small screw rolling around. Not a joke. Distributor offered to take it back but shipping and insurance was on me. I decided to close it up and keep the screw as a spare. So far so good.
I can only presume that I was smoking crack when I said I couldn't hear the difference between tt2 and mtt2 the other week.
I found very strange that statement of yours that your could hear no difference with or without mscaler in the chain. Not because I heard mscaler to test how good or bad it performs, but because of two other things you said in parallel:
1. You said you noticed an improvement till the blue light, but none from there to the white light.
2. You said you noticed a clear improvement when adding WAVE cables.
None of those two would be possible if there was no difference with or without mscaler in the chain.
Regarding the ASR thread, you should not believe everything you read, without further investigating. If you read further the thread, near the end, some new measurements from Korea come up that confirm Chord measurements. So two against one. But even if it were only Chord against some other single measurement, I would still believe Chord.
Even if a third party test is totally unbiased, who would you think is more likely to make an (unintentionally) test error?
Only if several measurements came out against Chord measurements, i would put Chord measurements in question.
In that ASR case it seems to me there was both incompetence and bias. Although being pointed several times to try optical connection to rule out some possible test issues, that test was strangely avoided (first agreed, and then some time later there was no Mojo anymore to test). And not to mention the odd excuses to endorse other dacs that measure worse by their own measurements.
I am not saying there are not issues with Mojo. Some people using USB report RF issues, with cell phones, etc. I only use it via optical from my desktop PC for 3 years now, and it was always absolute perfection.
An unbiased review should not focus only on one potential issue they may find, but test behind it as well.
I am conducting an experiment - and wondering if anyone has insight into what's going on.
In testing ways to reduce RFI, I am connecting my Auralic Aries to M Scaler via optical and the M Scaler to Dave via Optical - so upscaling is turned off.
Pass through sounds significantly better than Dave alone. It doesn't have quite the focus or depth you do at 1 MM taps, but it has significantly more of both than Dave alone. I am A/B testing and it's obvious.
If I am just using passthrough, and not essentially using any additional taps - what processing is affecting the sound? Given an entirely optical path, RFI shouldn't necessarily be greater than Dave alone - given all other conditions are the same?
What processing is mscaler doing via passthrough alone?
Yes. This particular cable won't do 192 - I tried.
Could reclocking have this much of an audible effect? Maybe I have just been listening too long.
mScaler reclocks all input samples to its own super-accurate clock ...which when sent via dual-coax to your TT2 will, itself, reclock those input samples to its own super-accurate clock. The answer for whether to spend money on yet another reclocker is self-evident.This thread has got me rethinking buying a usb reclocker, as I did not know the m-scaler already performed re-clocking. I was going to buy the SOtM trifecta (usb reclocker, ethernet switch, network player). But, is it even worth it, if I already have an M-scaler going into my TT2? :hmm:
So, I guess my question is, will a reclocker add any benefit to sound quality coming from my M-Scaler/TT2 combo? Or, would a reclocker actually bypass the reclocking in the m-scaler, therefore lessening the sound quality?
But what is being reclocked? And if I’m in a state of having been reclocked, what is left then to reclock.mScaler reclocks all input samples to its own super-accurate clock ...which when sent via dual-coax to your TT2 will, itself, reclock those input samples to its own super-accurate clock. The answer for whether to spend money on yet another reclocker is self-evident.