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SOtM has just released a new USB enhancement device called the tx-USBultra. UpTone Audio and iFi Audio will also be releasing new devices.The tx-USBultra has been shipped so hopefully next week I can give it a workout.
I'm sure controversy will increase as the prices rise to squeeze subjective sonic improvements from USB audio as DACs continue to improve in sound quality.
Edits: 04/06/17Follow Ups:
Has USB "purifier madness" blinded us to the possibility that the audible noise/distortion we hear actually comes from our downstream equipment?
Have at it.
...a more expensive 'audiophile approved' solution because we all know that more expensive is always better. Just look at any recommended components section of just about any audio rag. I'm saving up for a thousand dollar USB cable. ;-)
Recently:I liked the $450 sMS-200 better than the $640 microRendu.
I also sold my MSB Technology Analog DAC / Analog Power Base for the lower priced Ayre QX-5 Twenty. I liked the Ayre better.
So as we all know, more expensive isn't necessarily better. But, you can't dismiss something as bullshit until you have tried it. On the other hand, I have financial limits for this stuff just as most of us do.
I guess I've reached a point in my life that I don't have to rationalize not owning some of the very expensive components. I try to enjoy what I have.
Edits: 04/07/17
Of course there are exceptions and I've experienced a few too. My comment was a generalization supported by what we generally see in the mainstream audio rags.
I'm enjoying what I have as well and can't justify 'upgrading' to every newly released accessory.
Nor should you update! When I'm finally kicked to the curb as a reviewer, I will happily live with what I have.
To see what crap their USB bus(s) are..... (at least for high-end audio performance)
It took high-end audio designers a while, but they finally deduced that mult-function computers just can't get one SOTA sound: as a few folks & myself have been saying for quite awhile....
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
It took high-end audio designers a while, but they finally deduced that mult-function computers just can't get one SOTA sound: as a few folks & myself have been saying for quite awhile...
They deduced that it's in their best financial interest to dismiss and even bash perfectly viable solutions based on general purpose computers as these do not line their pockets with cash.
And many timid technophobe audiophiles have bought into their market brainwashing hook line and sinker in order to justify their complete inability for even the simplest of DIY effort in favor of store bought turnkey appliances approved by these high-end designers and the audio press: a few folks & myself have been saying for quite awhile....
Sure, that's why we need to sell you a microRendu or an sMS-200.
Edits: 04/07/17
"Sure, that's why WE need to sell you a microRendu or an sMS-200."(Emphasis mine).
No truer words...
Agree that getting the computer out is the best thing to come down the pike in some time.
But in most if not all cases, it's just replacing one computer with another.
My personal goal would be to have a $100 Raspberry Pi as a streamer, with $10,000 worth of accessories in front of it, behind it and hanging on it to make it sound better!
$1,000 LPSs on every router and/or switch in the house a good start?
I think so. =:-0
Your'e going to need a nice "Audiophile" enclosure for the RPi, otherwise it will never sound good.
Or good SPDIF board, or just one regulated USB output, no video, a combo OS/player, more RAM, a better NIC, galvanic isolation, etc....
In other words, much better hardware & OS, like say, a microRendu or SMS-200.....
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
Very clever how you led up to the mRu.
If it were only say $500 cheaper.
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"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
peeling off the thin plastic sheeting on both sides of all SEVEN parts of the case (including the part I didn't need)?
Maybe a copper inner enclosure, or just copper foil laminated onto the pieces of plastic?
Could be!
I put copper foil in my cases.
Going to the post office this afternoon, I'll send you a foot or so if you want.
OK, I've got some from my tube DIY days. Perhaps a bit thicker than you used. How thick is the stuff you used?
Be more interested at this point in turning off both radios(WiFI and Bluetooth) in the Raspberry Pi (if they are even on when not used?).
Don't know why I would need conductive glue.
Basically its a Faraday cage.
It's all just for fun. Nothing more.
Looking forward to your review.
some peoples whole music collection cost.
If you need to spend $1k on a peripheral to make your music sound better, Then either you need to find better music or look elsewhere for the real ROOT cause of why your gear sounds like crap.
This is pure 'Emperor has no clothes' stuff..... I never got on that train.
Cut-Throat
I promised myself that when I retired I would get my turntable up and running again. I have been out of the vinyl end of the hobby for some time. I can't believe the prices of high end tables, arms, cartridges, etc. $990 is chump change in the vinyl game.
Go to some live concerts instead. $900 should buy you some pretty good seats.
There are tons of fantastic artists out there, most of which never make prime time 'fame' but are still very very good. In some cases these people might play in very small personal sized venues and their tickets are actually cheap or sometimes even free.
Unpacking a new toy is fun but it can't match even a single night or live music and the memorable experience it brings.
Back when I was younger [and more free] I used to find these types of events at least a few times a month. Sometimes I'd drive 4 hrs to Chicago on a Friday to catch a set, spend the night and drive back the next day. The money and time spent [even the memory] beats out any audio hardware costing 10x the price.
When/If I retire I plan on getting back into the Swing of things and catching more Live Music.
Once I even flew to NY to see BBKing at the Apollo [only 4 rows from the front] had dinner afterwards and flew back on the Red-Eye. All for less than what I spent on a pair of Acoustic Zen IC's.
If you want high quality clocks and power supplies, you pay that much. Otherwise it is just hot air, as in many 'relocking' devices.
Does make you wonder about the reclockers in some of these devices.
How much does a 'real' femto-type-clock chip cost?
Crystek clock chips seem to top out at about $50 in each quantities. To be fair, 'FemtoClock' seems to be a registered trademark of IDT (Integrated Device Technology), so I guess it's 'Femto Type Clocks' from here on out for me. =:-0
of 'Fempto' chip. It is to so with the design for ultra low phase noise at 1 to 10Hz. Fempto chips don't do this.
You need to go below the publicity speel.
Did you note this comment?
"The improvements with tX-USBUltra in sound can be felt even in the ultra high-end system which values over hundreds of millions of dollars , it can be simply judged by the best USB audio device up to date."
Hundreds of millions of dollars? That must be some really good smoke. :)
Must be better than even a LIVE performance.
Or this is just a writer shoving a pen up their arse before they wrote a review.
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