Recent content by EuropeanSwallow

Dum, DaDum, Dum, Dumb :p I'm frightened of the notion that professionals from neurosurgeons, physicists, and even engineers who are steeped in logical thought and reasoning skills seem to abandon all rationale over any of these audio tweak upgrades. Buy by all means, buy whatever you want...

I just finished wasting my time reading the pggb thread. I came here to get my bearings. My God it's like the twilight zone there. It's official, I'm utterly embarrassed to be associated with audiophiles.

Viscious creatures! Lol

ROFL

Jonathan, the last time I checked.

10 Meters per second according to Google... Ni! Lol

Thank you for this thread. I placed my order for the Holo May KTE DAC a few days ago. I think I might just remove the covers and stare at it mindlessly while playing tunes! I've been waiting patiently for an R2R DAC that measured well and wasnt priced above 10k+. Currently, I own the Matrix...

No issues here. Hell it was just Roon Certified which is great!

Well, I was considering the Benchmark HPA-4 which adds the preamp, more elaborate volume control, $100 metal remote control that doubles as a weapon, and the cool, albeit unnecessary, touch-screen interface, but I only have the one source atm and I can use my Matrix X-Sabre MQA DAC's remote...

Veils are lifted? ;-)

The headphone jacks and volume control are black! Close enough! LOL

MCU is 2.2

I've never heard the direct stream, but I've heard good things about them and have respect for the brand. I hope if you do try the Element X that you post your impressions. I'm hoping others can comment on their experience with the unit so I can get out of my own echo chamber.

I can tell you that I've owned a Benchmark DAC1, DAC2 HGC, and even auditioned the DAC3 HGC over many years to great satisfaction, but sonically for my tastes and to my ears the Matrix Element X is simply better sounding to me at any level of volume attenuation. I enjoyed the volume control of...

I can only subjectively tell you that their hybrid digital/analog attenuation works very well in practice and the preamp section has a very detailed, balanced, and smooth sound in my system with no harshness anywhere whatsoever.