BoogieWoogie
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Has any one here compared the Halidge bridge with the JK MK3 ?
Is anyone ever going to review the JKDAC or the JKDAC32?!?
I will state it again, but the Red Wine HPA is hands down better with the Mk3.
Are you saying the Red Wine HPA is a superior USB "converter" than the MK3? You basically tested the MK3 on the Red Wine and then listened to the Red Wine w/out it and found the sound to be hands down superior with the MKIII out of the equation, correct?
What do you use the MKIII for at this time...maybe you will be selling it?)
Interested in more of your impressions and what exactly you heard or if plain and simply put, the Red Wine made the MK3 seem like a low to mid-fi converter vs. your Red Wine's converter.
Are you saying the Red Wine HPA is a superior USB "converter" than the MK3? You basically tested the MK3 on the Red Wine and then listened to the Red Wine w/out it and found the sound to be hands down superior with the MKIII out of the equation, correct?
What do you use the MKIII for at this time...maybe you will be selling it?)
Interested in more of your impressions and what exactly you heard or if plain and simply put, the Red Wine made the MK3 seem like a low to mid-fi converter vs. your Red Wine's converter.
It seems like the USB cables from the larger manufacturers (Audioquest, Wireworld, Synergistic, etc.) are the ones with somewhat questionable performance gains.
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When using the MkIII and the HPA together the sound was better, vs the hpa directly connecting to the source. The sound field was deeper and wider. The instrument separation was more precise. It gave it more of a 3 dimensional sound. Without sacrificing any clarity or dynamics.
In my system MK3 even increased the clarity and dynamics
I agree!
You should order an Audiophilleo AP2 and do a comparison for us. It only costs $10 max to ship the Audiophilleo back for a full refund and you get the idea of what exactly each are doing.
I might do that. It will be at least a couple months though. As I am still waiting to see if things change with the LCD 3. I go back and forth on pulling the trigger now.
I know the one thing the Audiophilleo has over the Mk3 is integer mode. Maybe if enough Hiface owners and Empirical Offramp owners email request M2TECH for an integer mode driver update { hint, hint }, we could compare apples to apples. M2TECH has replied to me it's Bit Perfect, so theirs no need. But it WOULD sound better than "just" bit perfect, with an additional integer mode. That's why some pay for Amarra and Pure Music over free itunes( Mac). They are all bit perfect but the audiophile players sound better, and even better with integer mode. We should just let them see the demand for a better driver. But the only way to really know is to try each unit side by side.
Sorry for the tangent I saw the opportunity and took it! ......... but we REALLY should email them...... LOL
Has anybody tried a USB B male to USB A male adapter with JK HiFace MK3 as recommended by John Kenny on his website (https://sites.google.com/site/hifacemods/home/announcements) or tested higher quality USB cables with MK3?