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RE: The Resonessence Labs Mirus DAC

Posted by soundchekk (A) on March 4, 2015 at 07:05:42

In Reply to: RE: The Resonessence Labs Mirus DAC posted by Mercman on March 4, 2015 at 05:57:13:

"At least you are consistent."
Yep. You're absolutely right that you can't expect a different response!
And yes. For sure - you'll get a response.
Obviously, you keep doing the same low quality (technically) - somewhat entertaining stuff over and over again.

When it comes to the source and its impact:

I almost expected to get you hooked up on that one.
I very well looked at these points, because it was mentiond.

You kept it rather vague as I recall it correctly.

The only time you were precise, as far I remember, when stating that the iFi didn't make any difference at all. Hmmh.
Fmak? mentioned ifi USB making things even worse.
Others claim iFi USB it improves things.
Others claim you need a better power supply for iFI USB to get it performing really well.

It's a pick and choose situation. That's what people do best over here.

That iFi story IMO doesn't say much about the overall quality of the USB interface. We discussed that earlier.

I thought it's not worth going into it. (I guess you read my comment about "no intention to disect your review").

One more:

You're using all kind of system tweaks, mains power filters/optimizers, you name it.
By doing so you change real world scenarios. That'll make any of your
reviews somewhat useless.
I also can't remember that you compared different OS, OS settings & optimizations and audio software. Perhaps I missed that.

You could also have taken away your linear PC supply to see what happens then.

Why don't you take that device and run all kind of source related tests against a DAC, any DAC. And don't forget to take away your power filters etc..
Challenges in that area should easily be covered by a $5K DAC.
And then you run the "same" tests against every DAC you'll get in your hands. Also against your Crimson!
And then you prepare a ranking.

And then I want to hear:

Jplay - No impact
Fidelizer - No impact
KS/Wasapi - No imapct
Audirvana/Amarra - No impact
Linear ATX PS - No impact
$5 USB cable - No impact
SOTM USB - No impact
...

And then we start talking.

Good luck.

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