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  1. I took advantage of Elijah's US cable tour and took a listen to the Isolate Cu usb cable. Because the usb output of my macbook goes to a Jkenny modified hiface (runs on battery) I don't need power from my computer to power anything. The isolate keeps usb/computer power away from the digital signal traveling along the usb cable. In all honesty I didn't expect much. My system is set up to be pretty quiet as far as self noise is concerned. My dac, hiface, line stage, and amp all run off battery power. There just isn't much of a noise floor to reduce. But I was pretty wrong. In comparison to the Fururtech GT2 cable that I've been using, the Elijah was better in every regard. Instruments resonated and vibrated like they do in real life. It was easier to follow different instruments all playing at the same time. My notes read back with words like "relaxing, organic, natural" Instruments just sounded more real. I'm to going to tick off a list of examples because in the end, the Elijah just made the music more fun to listen to. I have no experience in the high dollar usb game so I can't compare to the pricey competition, but at the price point, I'm sold. I do wonder now about cutting the power leg on the firewire link to my hard drives....anyone done that yet?
  2. I'm a little late to your inquiry, but I've had a Fostex HP-P1 for a few weeks and I can tell you its the real deal. The dac is very good ( I felt the istreamer was too hifi sounding) I bought it as a road warrior rig for hotel rooms and airplanes but I can't stop listening to it all the time at home. I'm really impressed.
  3. and winery owner. Used to be a television news producer, before that tape editor and sound gatherer. Stopped believing in the future my network (and most American news broadcasting for that matter). Got out while the getting was good.
  4. My entire system from turntable to dac and amplification has been running of of batteries for 7 or 8 years now. While nothing is perfect of course, one upside is that your system always sounds pretty much the same...no waiting until 2am for cleaner AC. The dac I've been using for quite a while now is the TwinDac Plus. It was one of the first dacs that I can remember to offer usb input (not asynch of course) and it runs off of batteries among other very interesting features (passive output stage with resistors and transformers). I mention this because there is one on Audiogon right now for a lot less than I paid for it...it's the only one I've ever seen for sale. Steve
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