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    The Puritan PSM156

    Fascinating thread. Here's rambling set of questions for the experienced listeners and tinkerers here assembled. I'm about to set up in a NYC apartment the system that was previously in a much larger studio space in Toronto. In-wall electrical / circuit upgrades will be impossible. Perhaps I...
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    My Mola Mola Tambaqui Revuew

    I am a fan of the Antipode stuff which is arguably more 'purist' vs the MU1 (which is in fact resampling / digital filtering), although of course going all the way up to the OLADRA gets you into pretty crazy money. I'm confounded why people don't (as far as I can read / google?) compare the...
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    My Mola Mola Tambaqui Revuew

    Hey all. Long time / first time. MMT owner here as well. Currently using the Holo Red, which I found surprisingly good for the money, previously used Antipodes CX / EX. I dislike USB as a format but still come back to preferring that input on the MMT with a good cable (I have just enough high...
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    K30 vs K50

    Good info, @kennyb123 So to pin you down on specifics -- K50 > $$hunyata USB > Gustard (with the Mutec of course -- a giant advantage that ruins the comparison) beats out a K50 > much-less-expensive HDMI cable > Gustard? .. I know you live in a very high sampling rate world (PGGB/HQP) so...
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    Antipodes Owners - Systems - Whats Best at Your House

    Mark - Further to your point above about the K41.. How close does one get with S series components to the K series? In other words, if I put together an S60, S20, S30, driven with an S40 or something else (and assume away the additional costs of good but not crazy power and signal cabling in...
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    HIFISTATEMENT | netmagazine - Antipodes Audio OLADRA Review

    A well-written review, I think. I wish more DACs would embrace high bit rate I2S input over HDMI. AES and USB are such silly and/or technically broken formats. The clearly-heard difference between the K50 and OLADRA is nice to know .. in the digital world there always seems to be room for...
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    Chinese DAC shames a few heavy hitters

    poling this thread... Has anyone heard the Gustard X26 Pro vs Topping D90se? DACs from Chord? or Mola Mola etc?

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