nikander

I offer a Mad Scientist Audio Powercord "Neo" in mint condition: regular Schuco-plug, length 1.2 m, white. Bought 2 years ago. The cable is made in Australia and customs duties costed me a fortune (altogether I had to pay about 500,- Euros). But this cable sounds really good (at least to me) - very smooth and detailled. I now own 5 of those but I got rid of a linear power supply - so I don`t need this Neo powercord anymore. Reviews are excellent like this: http://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/cables-reviews/power-cable-reviews/mad-scientist-audio-the-first-neo-powercords/ I should be glad about a price of 270,- Euro plus shipping (location: Germany). Best wishes, Nikander

sold!

Bought in 2016, mint condition, sold with or without Sonore USB Adapter (bought in 2017) My offers: mRendu: 450,- Euro plus shipping fees Sonore Adapter: 40,- Euro plus shipping fees

that is great - the last mails arrived at my server!

sent you a message with a couple of screenshots under this email: [email protected] at the 9th of november.

have you received an email? sincere regards, Christian

A good day, I don`t know if the problems mentionned below are related to HQ Player/NAA or my DAC or to the microRendu. I am using the microRendu together with the HQ Player and NAA successfully when connected to a Re-Clocker/USB-device (Acousense - Artistic Fidelity AFI-USB) which is itself connected to my Lynx Hilo by SPDIF (so HQ Player NAA shows: Network Adapter - default: LJSound (which is the USB Chip of the Re-Clocker).) I am using in addition a WLAN-Bridge (Netgear Nighthawk) connected to the mRendu and a Mac Book Pro (with HQ Player) Now I wanted to listen to a DSD setup and connected the mRendu directly to my Lynx Hilo and the problems started: HQ Player "sees" the Lynx Hilo (Network Adapter - default - Lynx Hilo), mRendu "sees" it (with all the listed specs of the Lynx Hilo) but whenever I start HQ Player I get the message "error - failed to open audio device" and HQ Player refuses to accept music files. I started/rebooted the Lynx Hilo/mRendu/HQ Player for several times, I updated mRendu to the latest firmware - all this didn`t solve my problem. I can run my Lynx Hilo without any problems when used as "Core Audio Device" in HQ Player so I suppose this is a microRendu problem - are there any known issues with Lynx Hilo and mRendu? best wishes and thanks in advance, Christian

thanks a lot for your explanations, Miska! As usual best service!

here are some of his comments: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/digital-vs-analogue-volume-control-26184/index2.html P.S.: I have just noticed that my active monitors have adjustable output gain (just as Miska recommends) - so I could lower that and need even lower digital attenuation.

@Nikhil: thanks a lot for your comments. But can you explain then why HQ Player offers "dither - None" separately from upsampling? "... On the subject of Volume Control, I would not recommend using the HQP volume control as the primary control. Use it instead as a fine control, Jussi recommends just backing off 100% by a few clicks to avoid clipping. A good analog volume control on your preamp is still the best way to preserve dynamic range. Using only the HQP volume control will make the music flat or thin. ..." This is a very interesting topic - adding an analog preamp in the chain can be worse due to noise and distortion and worse channel equality/crosstalk ( by the way: Linn has ommitted analog preamp section in their newest products) and I could imagine: if you decide to use a digital preamp solution HQ Player should be one of the world`s best alternatives but I wonder what Miska says himself to that topic. As far as I remember there are quite a few statements by him concerning this topic and also he has published own measurements (digital vs. analog volume attenuation in a DAC). best wishes, Nikander P.S.: I have a Lynx Hilo DAC which has an own analog preamp and 4 outputs (2 with analog volume controll and two line out XLR which only offer digital attenuation but are better equipped (2 DACs instead of 1 per channel). I chose a lowest volume gain as possible (+ 0 dBV) and highest digital output (0 DBFS) so I need relatively little digital attenuation (-30). In this setup the Lynx sounds better than with analog volume controll but I don`t know if this is due to the better equipped line outs).

Good morning, I have a couple of (stupid) questions: I have started to use the digital volume controll in HQ Player and it sounds fantastic (so I can get rid of an analog preamp). As far as I have understood it should be advantageous to convert 16 Bit files to 24 bit files for digital volume controll to avoid dynamic range loss while attenuation. My first question: I upsample every file up to 192 khz (using "poly-sinc") and I use for dithering "NS9" - are the files also converted from 16 to 24 bit (on the main Signalyst page this is stated: "... •Software upsampling / downsampling with selectable algorithm up to 32-bit 1.536 MHz or down to 16-bit 32 kHz PCM (20 options, most "apodizing")...")? Second question: I use Acourate DRC - either with online convolution or offline convolution. If I do offline convolution the flac files are all converted from 16 bit to 24 bit and also dithered and normalized in advance and then stored. If they are dithered in advance: is it sensible to use another dithering afterwards in HQ Player (like NS9) or do I have to use that dithering in HQ Player anyways as long as I use its digital volume controll? regards, Nikander

o.K. - according to the specs on the Sonore Homepage 1 Amp min would be sufficient. Would there be a difference (soundwise) between 1.4 Amp DC Output and 2 Amp DC Output?

@barrows which concrete PSU do you mean? Paul Heynes SR3 7v 2A? regards and thanks in advance, Nikander