Hi Mike can you tell me more about the effect of the second Daiza....
the second Daiza furthur disconnects the perception from the sense that the music is reproduced. it takes things more real by degrees. that little bit more organic, more grainless and liquid, notes have a touch more sustain, bass a bit more agile, a touch more scale with a bit more light into the edges of the stage. it's already not sounding digital, and like my vinyl, but now more so.
part of this is that i have double Daiza's also under '
each' of my three MSB Select II chassis boxes. having the whole digital signal path with double Daiza's causes the whole to be greater than the parts. synergy. then my preamp and mono block amps have active isolation too. originally i had the dac chassis on active, and single Daiza's under the 2 power supply chassis. a suggestion from Emile was to go 'double-Daiza' under the whole digital chain and move the active elsewhere (it ended up under my CS Port phono to good effect). it was a net gain for both my digital performance and my vinyl, to follow Emile's advice.
will every system get the same boost from the double Daiza approach? my guess is this is an end-game move, you've taken care of the low hanging fruit and are looking for that little bit more. it's not going to be a huge change, but sometimes only small changes equal a more satisfying experience. most "Extreme" systems will enjoy a benefit.
i have a 3 (large) chassis phono stage arriving today; the Aesthetix Io Eclipse. integrating this beast into my system will likely cause me to stack my MSB Select II for a time while i investigate the Io Eclipse. not sure the Io Eclipse will become a permanent resident......or not. we will see. i'm at defcon 4 for space for all my boxes. and my system link pics don't even show my fourth Adona rack and my 4 tt. here is a link to the pic with 4 racks.
Option for the second arm would be a viv labs. Can sit on the plinth or some pillar to the back left. that option briefly flashed across my mind. but the 180+ pound Saskia slate plinth covers almost the whole shelf surface. i'm sure there are engineering solutions i might have considered, but...
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