Adding support for these comments: I own a dac2541, a Spring 2, and a May (different systems), For 44.1/48k PCM, Holo NOS sounds very lush, but...
I think it's a 13700 (not T), given the specs it came with and what lscpu says. Power supply is 65W, total W is throttled in BIOS. But to be sure...
In your price range https://www.ebay.com/itm/121875760583 Update: but maybe new (with somewhat different parts) is cheaper......
I actually like Sylvania 6BK7Bs, that's why I have a stash of them. As for 2A3s and rectifiers, I think I'm doing pretty well at this point :D
Maybe, it has so many options! However, note that my performance assessment is for relatively expensive settings: 1x: poly-sinc-gauss-xla; Nx:...
I guess my aged ears serve as a brighness filter :cool:
Can you give more details on the fit Tensor configuration? HQPlayer can be very demanding, depending on what you want to do (just PCM upsample vs...
Have you ever tried a Sylvania 6BK7B? I have a few spares that I just got, let me know if you'd like to try.
I got mine early September. I use it regularly when I'm at home. Caps look normal.
I have both HQP 5 Desktop and Embedded, for different systems. Their documentation of "DAC bits" uses different text, but here's have I've...
Curious how this reminds me of Soekris dac2541. This one has its own internal upsampling filters, but those seem similar (AFAIK) to what's...
This electronic jazz album is unlike anything I heard in a long time. The closest relatives (but not that close) are some of Louis Sclavis's...
DSD256 with poly-sinc-gauss-xla (1x) and poly-sinc-gauss-hires-lp (Nx) filters and ASDM7EC-super modulator on both systems. Processor load on M1...
I run two HQPlayer setups in different locations, HQP Desktop on a Mac Mini M1 and HQP Embedded on an i9-11900 running Ubuntu Server 22.04. Each...
We should not fight, but we (or some of us) might strive for technical enlightenment. If there is a difference, what causes it? In some cases,...
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