Well he got it spot on for the Freya +, the Benchmark stacks, Holo May KTE and now the Cyan 2
[MEDIA] New YouTube video review just posted on the Cyan2 from New Record Day. Ron has listened to the Cyan 2 for months and compares it to his...
Sor Sharing what I have read so far https://community.roonlabs.com/t/best-native-dsd-dacs-for-use-with-hqplayer/132298/800 Starting from post...
Interesting indeed and dac designs and implementation are way beyond my knowledge. But there are indeed pretty detailed measurements on the roon...
No, as @atomicbob indicated in his measurements the Cyan 2 PCM measures admirably well also in distortion and dynamic range. With DSD, that means...
Actually when I spoke with Miska, he confirmed actually on the PCM side Cyan 2 has the same number 64 resistors on each side as the Spring 3, but...
Thanks for this, wonder if you might have done any measurements on usb in? cheers Deric
The biggest difference between Cyan 2 and Spring 3 or May is the pcm performance according to Miska “Cyan 2's PCM ladder cannot quite reach what...
USB is equally excellent. Miska said based on his measurement, Spring 3 is still measured a little bit better, but with hqplayer reconstruction...
So after listening to the cyan 2 since January. Compared to my ifi pro idsd. I have both going through the Freya + passive preamp cranked to max...
I should note that so far my favorite settings is to use cyan 2 to Freya + passive preamp mode at max volume (unit gain) and use hqplayer to do...
20 bit for Holo Dacs for hqplayer settings is correct. But that is only applicable for pcm playback. If you only use dsd then no need to set the...
https://imgur.com/a/vrX05GV My streamer - an overclocked 3100hz RPI5 8gb - running hqplayer 5, connected to ssd for local music content,...
To me hqplayer setup is pretty rock solid and painless as well. I have a hqp 4 and 5 desktop licenses. Never really had any issues, I have had it...
Actually for most dacs - native dsd delta sigma dacs or nos discrete dacs, dsd256 are usually the “sweet spot”, you get a decent audible band...
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