Recent content by zygomorph

I also wanted to add that powering it directly from the USB port on my Raspberry Pi 4 (into the barrel connector, as it wouldn't power on from the USB3 connection from the Pi alone) resulted in an unacceptable noisy whine. Plugging it into one of the switched outlets on the back of my preamp...

For less than I paid a few years ago for a Hifiberry DAC2, measured and perceived performance of this unit are better. I first became aware of the limitations of the Hifiberry when I was A/B'ing between my turntable and the same material played digitally. I do this just to roughly confirm that...

I use Tidal Hi-fi via Plex, but more often listen to vinyl or my own lossless collection. Although I do wish some day to do a null test between a ripped CD and a loopback from Tidal, the biggest impediment to any comparison test in my view is not knowing exactly which master or release is being...