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  1. Michael Kelly liked Soups's post in the thread FS: Mercury V3 + Gentooplayer.

    Selling my very lightly used Mercury V3 DAC streamer with an active Gentooplayer "base system" license ($80 US). Thought I'd get around...

    Jul 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM

  2. Michael Kelly liked Lyander's post in the thread Wiim Pro Technical Investigation.

    I'm certainly curious to get subjective impressions between the Ultra, Mercury, and Red. I remember there's also an iFi streamer that's...

    Jul 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM

  3. Michael Kelly liked purr1n's post in the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    I think when it comes to Pi2 Design, the association with their classic product, the one that put them on the map, was the Pi2AES. Yes...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM

  4. Michael Kelly replied to the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    V5 will support PCM or DSD over PCM up to 384 kHz. This is due to the PCM5122 driver which supports that. This is not really a factor of...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM

  5. Michael Kelly replied to the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    Yes, internally. But it was waiting for compute module 4's to become widely available again. By the time that changed we decide to move...

    Jul 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM

  6. Michael Kelly liked Kattefjaes's post in the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    The upcoming Merc mini does appeal to me. The tiny footprint of a Pi with a HAT has served me well, and it feels like it might offer...

    Jul 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM

  7. Michael Kelly liked Merrick's post in the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    I'm still running a Pi2AES, would love to hear a Merc at some point. I had the Red for a bit and found that switching from RAAT to...

    Jul 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM

  8. Michael Kelly replied to the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    yes, it will have a pair of USB three ports just like mercury V3. But, just like V3 they will be nothing special. again, though, if you...

    Jul 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM

  9. Michael Kelly liked gaspasser's post in the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    Will the Merc V5 have USB out? A lot of DACs including Schiit’s newest ones have excellent USB inputs.

    Jul 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM

  10. Michael Kelly attached a file to the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    Just a tease of Mercury V5 proto (final coming Q4, maybe). It uses the PCM5122 as the clock generator (but not the DAC as it sucks):...

    mercury_v5_balanced_jitter.png Jul 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM

  11. Michael Kelly rated purr1n's post Epic in the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    It's how you present yourself. There have been other MoTs or people working on behalf of vendors who have offered workarounds or...

    Jul 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM

  12. Michael Kelly liked rhythmdevils's post in the thread Mercury V3 Streamer/DAC Impressions.

    Mercury V3 DAC vs Holo RED vs Lumin U1 Mercury vs RED TLDR; The Mercury is a better sounding streamer in tone AND technicalities than...

    Jul 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM

  13. Michael Kelly liked atomicbob's post in the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    This post I clearly state I am using optical spdif input to coax spdif output. Thanks to @ADias alert to a very recent firmware update...

    Jul 7, 2025

  14. Michael Kelly replied to the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    all throughout this thread there have been measurements posted. @purr1n and myself posted results of jitter testing. @atomicbob showed...

    Jul 7, 2025
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