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The only ones that really left a “wow” impression were the ZMF Caldera and the Abyss Diana TC, both fed from a Feliks Envy. There were several others that sounded “not bad” to me, among them several ZMF and the Meze 109 pro, but compared to my own rig (Meier Daccord + Jazz + Clear Mg), they seemed like a sidegrade at best.

Ah, and I forgot the Susvara from a Feliks Envy that left no more than a “meh” impression on me. :-P

And a few Stax, which were too bright for my taste, and I was missing bass.

You will have a blast

And no Dynaudio or KEF, either? I wanted to listen to their streaming speakers! :-(

Rockna's showing off a Wavedream Sig Anniversary and the new Wavelight Server

Ah, right, Rockna, forgot about them. Thanks!

Little Richard grew up next to a train. He said the chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga of the trains at night were the basis for the opening to "Lucille." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCPTLd3ZPX8

I used to dance to dot-matrix printers. Crazy rhythms!

Fifty years ago, a friend wrote a song to the rhythm of the printing machine he was working on.

45 minutes for free, then one Euro per hour. That’s more than ok. Of course, when I brought back the bike, I had 46 minutes on the clock. X-)

In NL the cargo bikes are becoming more popular: both the leg-powered and the battery-powered versions. Very versatile vehicles, just keep in mind that with those reinforced frames every accident at 15 to 20 miles an hour can result in someone breaking bones. Sometimes the cyclists on these cargo bikes forget that their bike is half the size of a small car.

@Gazny Thanks for the tip, but I want to use it with streaming, and on Linux. Plus, PGGB is even more expensive. :o)

With RU6 it’s nice, but not as awe-inspiring as with the Daccord by far. To my ears, with 96 kHz source material: RU6 NOS <= RU6 OS < RU6 NOS + Roon linear phase < RU6 NOS + Roon minimum phase < RU6 + HQP poly-sinc-gauss-hires-lp < Daccord = Daccord + Roon minimum phase <= Daccord + Roon linear phase << Daccord + HQP poly-sinc-gauss-hires-lp

Interesting that, to my ears, linear phase sounds marginally better on the Daccord, while I think that minimum phase sounds quite a bit better on the RU6.

I even quickly tried the two together when I got the Mini C, thought that something sounded off and never used them together since. I might have used the Pi4 as a source for that test, maybe that’s the difference?
Or I just hear differently today. *shrug*

It might be 24bit vs. 16bit. To my ears, the RU6 produces great results at 24bit, while most 16bit content sounds like shit.

Actually, I like detail a lot, which is why I love my Meier stuff so much, too: Perfect detail. :) Somehow, the Bolt and the Mini C just don’t seem to like each other, to my ears the top end air is missing completely, separation is meh, everything feels mushed together and muffled.

I guess it’s the top end. The Mini C doesn’t provide much of that, anyway, and the Bolt is “laid back” in the sense that it doesn’t provide much upper treble, either.

My only issue with the Mini C is that I'm hearing slightly too much elevation between 1 & 2k. It's completely fixed, however, with filters and/or crossfeed from dac2541 and/or Jazz ff. (I always play with those features to get the best out of a given record.) I've been using Jazz ff lately, because I'm too busy to futz around with Lyr+.

Funny artist name, btw: Mundharmonika is the German word for mouth organ. With that extra A, however, it becomes Mouth Hair Monica.
The rest of his work is not as good, IMHO, but I really love this song.

Ahh. I was parsing it Mundhaar-monika and being baffled.

Wait. Now I read your second line. Baffled again.

Yes, the original word is Mund-Harmonika, of course, but with that extra A, “automatic” parsing becomes as you first did it, Mundhaar-Monika. :)

I found the new one in a drawer, it was a wrong delivery years ago and I had forgotten I had it. It seems better shielded than the other one, and it has better connectors, but nothing fancy, either. Both seem sturdy enough that I wouldn’t have expected a difference.

That might well happen in my brain, though, the difference I think I hear is tiny. Might be due to the fact that I just read on the headphones.com measurements explanation page that the cable can lead to jitter, which is I why I tried the new cable in the first place.

They say length can matter because of signal deflections. I have long 4 or 6 footer and a shorter 1.5 between my pi2aes's and dacs and I hear no difference. Long one is a cardas cable shorter is mogami which is on the headphone rig where I'd figure it was easier to hear a difference.

I have a Jazz FF and a Daccord FF, both in black. Wonderful gear with a stellar price/performance ratio.

P.S.: Did you know that the Daccord sells for nearly half its original price nowadays? :)

Yes. I'm loosely thinking of getting one. I'm jealous that you got to meet Jan. He seems like a feel-good kind of guy, but also professional. We should PM.

Generally, I tend to like music created by drummers.

Excellent, thanks. A sprinkle of Hooverphonic in there and great drums.

@AdvanTech Yes, I tried on speakers, too, but the best I have is a Dynaudio Music 5 smart speaker. Great sound, yes, but in terms of microdetail/plankton my headphone rig is far ahead. Tonality is sometimes nicer on the Dynaudio, but still, piano …

@RKML0007 Yes, that’s the thing: I play the piano myself, I know exactly what it should sound like. I did play the trumpet for a while, too, so there’s that. But then, I play acoustic guitar as well, and I love many recordings of that instrument. Same for drums, though good recordings are not so plenty there, and it requires really good and detailed equipment.

I guess you’re right, @Cellist88 . All those overtones are hard to capture. I wonder what a piano tuned for just intonation would sound like, at least in the key where that works, then. :)

They are amazing! The best drummer i have ever heard live plays for them, Larnell Lewis. You can check some videos with him on youtube, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1X5JWaGgQ

Edit - Hope i can catch them again.

My favorite group of the last 7 or 8 years. Also check out We Like It Here, Sylva and Empire Central. Lingus has 32M views on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc

Larnell Lewis is a beast savant.

Check out "We Like it Here"...another standout. Good stuff!!

It’s here! First impressions: Great value for the money, great resolution, nice tonality. If I keep liking it like I do right now, this will be “my closed-back” for quite a while.

Unfortunately, I do hear a small difference between the stock cable of my Clear Mg and the Forza cable @Emojiless sold with the Mini C. Which means I’ll have to buy a longer Forza cable sooner or later. Sigh.

Yeah, I also heard a difference on the Clear OG. Glad you like it!

One example of a song that had nearly painful treble before and doesn’t anymore: Funky Butt Strut by Wonderbrazz.

Which streamer are you comparing it to? (If any)

It had been simple USB from a Pi 4 before.