[MacMan31]

That is a LPS-36: linear power supply of 36 volts, 1.5 Amps - specific values for the Monoprice / Cavalli Liquid Platinum. The ‘umbilical’ cord between LPS and MCLP is ‘5N’ silver.

Oh okay. So it's something specific for the Monoprice amp.

 

[shwnwllms]

LCD-5 challenge…V550 Pro versus Pendant SE

 

[Festive56]

As it is right now. Check out my bitchin headphone stand i made using my righteous woodworking skills! It’s almost level! It’ll look better soon I promise, sounds fantastic now though…

 

[Badas]

As it is right now. Check out my bitchin headphone stand i made using my righteous woodworking skills! It’s almost level! It’ll look better soon I promise, sounds fantastic now though…

Is that the CXN Streamer. If so then snap! I have the same one.
Do you use the internal DAC? or an external?

 

[Pharmaboy]

righteous woodworking skills! It’s almost level!

very droll

 

[Festive56]

Is that the CXN Streamer. If so then snap! I have the same one.
Do you use the internal DAC? or an external?

I see my photo skills are as good as my woodworking skills. Second box down is my Schiit Bifrost 2/64 DAC.

 

[j0val]

I think it’s a pretty versatile setup.

 

[jonathan c]

Oh okay. So it's something specific for the Monoprice amp.

It is. It is not made by Monoprice / Monolith.

 

[Badas]

I see my photo skills are as good as my woodworking skills. Second box down is my Schiit Bifrost 2/64 DAC.

Ahh! I'm not that keen sighted myself.

I use to have a Schiit Yggy DAC.
I got the CXN streamer and compared the two.
I couldn't tell the difference so the Yggy went to a new owner.
Since then I've never had regrets. The Wolfton DAC in the CXN is hot!

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

As it is right now. Check out my bitchin headphone stand i made using my righteous woodworking skills! It’s almost level! It’ll look better soon I promise, sounds fantastic now though…

How you liking that piety with 6XX?

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

Ahh! I'm not that keen sighted myself.

I use to have a Schiit Yggy DAC.
I got the CXN streamer and compared the two.
I couldn't tell the difference so the Yggy went to a new owner.
Since then I've never had regrets. The Wolfton DAC in the CXN is hot!

I think DAC differences are so subtle most people can’t hear any difference, find it’s a different story with amplification though.

 

[Festive56]

 

[Festive56]

How you liking that piety with 6XX?

If youre expecting a miracle, forget it. They still sound like 6XX‘s, dark and veiled. The piety sweetens up the top end some but its not a night and day difference in the phones overall. On the other hand, the Sundaras have a great synergy with the Piety.They sound sweet and clear, well balanced and detailed, without a hint of that sizzle and shoutiness that makes you want to quickly crank down the volume. A fantastic pairing that keeps me listening for hours…. Full disclosure; I just got back into headphones after about 15 years listening to Acoustat electrostatic speakers, so I may be a bit biased against dynamic drivers.

 

[Chastity]

Me, too. Just ordered a new 17" laptop and spec'd it to have 32 GB of RAM. I'm hardly a power user, but the OS, the standard apps, and the online environment (browsers) all hog RAM in my experience.

FWIW, this laptop will serve streaming and music file content to my side system (headphone only): Audio GD NOS DAC + SPDIF converter, Monoprice LGX, and Liquid Carbon v2.

I recently got a new laptop, Asus G513QY, swapped in 32GB RAM, and added a 2nd NVMe. Quite the beast, and I use that to feed my SMSL M300 MKII / tube buffer preamp / Schiit Asgard 3 / Monoprice M1570, and using EQ APO to apply systemwide EQ, along with Redscape/Dolby Access/DTS:X to provide 7.1 VSS.

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

If youre expecting a miracle, forget it. They still sound like 6XX‘s, dark and veiled. The piety sweetens up the top end some but its not a night and day difference in the phones overall. On the other hand, the Sundaras have a great synergy with the Piety.They sound sweet and clear, well balanced and detailed, without a hint of that sizzle and shoutiness that makes you want to quickly crank down the volume. A fantastic pairing that keeps me listening for hours…. Full disclosure; I just got back into headphones after about 15 years listening to Acoustat electrostatic speakers, so I may be a bit biased against dynamic drivers.

My 650 don’t sound dark and veiled, they are just a tad warm with smooth treble. I’ve heard there are a lot of unit variations with 6XX though leading to some sounding not great at all.