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    Neurochrome HP-1 Headphone Amplifier (Limited Edition) Black : $895 Free Shipping in USA

    Designed by and built by Tom Christiansen, The Neurochrome HP-1 solid-state headphone amplifier was an incredible amp – and still is for the fifty lucky buyers of the circuit boards or fully assembled amplifiers. Learn more about it here: https://neurochrome.com/pages/hp-1 Audio Science's...
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    Review and Measurements of Neurochrome HP-1 High-Performance Amp

    For those of you looking to buy one in black, I just listed mine on eBay for a discount: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174180719411
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    Sabaj D5 vs RME Adi Dac 2

    I have one and I absolutely hate how terrible the UX is. I read the manual and still find it to be so damn annoying to use. Also not sure why it doesn’t come with a remote. That’s such a pain in the ass if you mount it to a rack that’s across the room. So, I’m returning mine and getting the...
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    Canjam SoCal Headphone and Audio Show 2019 Part 2

    I have a video recording of the Q&A haha. Working on editing it now.
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    Canjam SoCal Headphone and Audio Show 2019

    @amirm I’d love to hear your thoughts on the Rob Watts seminar. I was there as well in the front row, just in front of the guy that fell asleep and started loudly snoring
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    Should Amir go to Canjam in Southern California?

    I’m here at the hotel for the show. Anyone else going?
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    Link by Stack Audio and "Signal Detoxing"

    I found this interesting streamer that doubles as a "Signal Detoxer" called Link by Stack Audio in the UK. https://stackaudio.co.uk/link/ I read the review here on the Uptone ISO Regen, showing that, if anything, products like this can add noise to the signal chain. The product page for the...
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    Thoughts on the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro DAC?

    You should! It will be a while before I can get Matrix X-Sabre Pro
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    Thoughts on the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro DAC?

    Oh yeah! Not sure how I forgot about that.
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    Thoughts on the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro DAC?

    The problem with the Element X is that they don't have iOS support. So, I'd have to use an Android device to control Roon, if I understand correctly.
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    Thoughts on the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro DAC?

    I'll buy it and send it in to Amir when he has time to do a test :)
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    DACs with multiple pairs of balanced outputs?

    Well, I'm totally open to using both! So, either way works. My concern was just that if there would be added noise/loss of signal quality using an XLR splitter.
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    Thoughts on the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro DAC?

    What do you guys think about this DAC? https://matrix-digi.com/en/products/318.html It looks gorgeous, but I haven't seen any reliable reviews or tests to conclude if it's worth the $1700 price tag.
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    DACs with multiple pairs of balanced outputs?

    I'm looking to get a DAC that I can feed to my speakers and a few different headphone amplifiers. Are there any other DACs on the market in addition to the Okto DAC8 that does this? Alternatively, is there a recommended high-quality balanced output switch that I pair with a standard DAC that...
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    Do Separates actually perform better than Integrateds?

    That brings up a good point. Don’t separates theoretically create the possibility for additional noise via signal transfer between two components?
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