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Upgraded my passive XO to Alumen after trying Mundorfs cheapest M-cap Classic and also Obbligato caps. Alumen have very nice treble. Obbligato sound very uneven in comparison. Mundorf Classic is just terrible. I would like to try some high quality copper caps next to see if I can get more...

Found a youtube video that demos them. They look like what they sound like - a toy.

I just searched for this. It would be great with some reviews on this.

Something else to consider other than DAC chips manufacturer is the implementation of the circuit. How clean, powerful and separated is the power supply? Do you use an impedance buffer to help match the impedances of your source, DAC, preamplifier? Am I missing something?

S They reason why I don’t use wireless headphones while playing Call of Duty. Wireless is too slow.

Thanks, but this does not really answer if the preamp and the amplifier should be balanced as well as the balanced DAC. I am asking because I wonder if I should change all my gear to balanced equipment in order to take advantage of the performance of these balanced DACs. If so, so cheap after...

Is it recommended to use a balanced preamp and a balanced amplifier, when using a balanced DAC?

Jesus, just buy one and hear it for yourself. Alumen caps are not that expensive.

That would be Mundorf Mcap Supreme Evo Silvergoldoil you are thinking about. ;)

I heard a big difference in type of capcitor in simple 1st order and 2nd order spesker level crossovers. I run Alumen only, as it is somewhat affordable and gives me nice clear highs. I compared it directly to Obbligato caps and Alumen was much better sounding. I also tried the laughably bad...

The firmware update did not fix the problem. But using Roon there is no problem. Foobar2000 still has pops between songs on some DSD albums. I sent it back to the seller in France, and I have checked firmware on the unit and it was updated. Hard nut to crack for some manufacturers.

And here I was going to buy the SIT-4.

A comparison between new class D amps, including purifi, Nilai, eigentakt, icepower and Passlabs. Made by the youtube channel theaudioalpha. https://www.youtube.com/live/NdZFAWe1Nxo?feature=share

So who is getting the one with bad binding posts that requires measurement equipment to discover? QC is something to have.

Next pathetic turn for this industry: An A.I. identifies you, checks your music tastes on various streaming services and sets the EQ to make the speaker irresistable to you only. B&O and Bose will sell so many speakers.