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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...