Popular Post hols Posted July 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2017 It so happens that I just received my Lush USB cable 3 days ago and I happen to have both Phasure NOS1a and also several other DACs including Holo Spring that I have also been testing the SOtM tx-USB Ultra (powered by JS-2)and the isoREGEN(powered by LPS1) with USPCB(burned in for the past 2 weeks). After reading through this hot thread I can't resist to plug in the Lush to replace the USPCB (see photo) in my Holo Spring line and my impression is as follows. First my impression of use or not use the iosREGEN with USPCB before the SOtM tx-USB Ultra stays the same as my initial impression reported 2 weeks ago in another thread. Yes it gives a more full bodied sound and is more warm and analogue on first listening but on listening a bit longer the strings are too full bodied and lacks the transparency that is present when not using the isoREGEN. The layering that was present before is weakened. The focus of instruments are a little overblown. The orchestra cannot fly as vividly as before. (I used to test with Richter playing Brahms second piano concerto). And that is perhaps the price to pay for getting a very round and appealing sound. I think as a whole there is a bit too much mid range. I then changed to the Lush cable(not really burned in yet) and I must say that this is the one. It just gives you the analogue feel together with details. The violins are silky and yet you can still hear them conveying to you the feelings. No excessive full bodied sound. And listen to the gentle decay of the sound at decrescendos and sound slowly dying away. The microdynamics are all there and most important with feeling. And when the solo piano comes in the percussive notes is both authoritative and musical. Very difficult to achieve. And the musical sound and transparency and details are always there and never gives you fatigue. I must say that this is definitely my preferred sound. I think the sound can only be bettered by the Phasure NOS1a upgraded G3 which I agree is the best digital sound I have ever heard. Dynamic and yet comes with detail and feelings.( It is a PCM system and yet the musicality wins the DSD in my other system). The only digital system that can be compared to my $30k LP system. I have no commercial association with all the gears I have mentioned. Just an enduser reporting the end result in his own system. And I must admit too I don't have the knowledge base to understand or comment on the underlying technologies behind all these products. Telstar2, jventer, austinpop and 1 other 4 Link to comment
hols Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 1 minute ago, rikhav said: Hi hols Very good comparison Just to confirm, you tried the lush cable without the ISO regen , right ? With the isoREGEN replacing the USPCB as shown in the photo. rikhav 1 Link to comment
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