Chords New M -Scaler

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On 3/20/2019 at 6:06 AM, barrows said:

Bingo!  I suspect the above is correct.  The Ayre DAC runs proprietary oversampling in an FPGA at a 16x rate, and if one inputs 176.5/192 kHz into the Ayre it will still apply its own oversampling to get the rest of the way to 705.6 and 768 kHz.  

Yes - I agree this is most likely what is going on. Waiting for my HMS to arrive to pair with my Holo Spring II for this very reason. I can switch between OS and NOS mode to test this theory. Then once my TT2 comes I will throw that into the mix as well.

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Also - wondering if anyone here has tried the Blaxius^2 BNC cables with their HMS?

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18 hours ago, Miska said:

Spring's OS (AKM chip) is not so much to compare against... It is best running in NOS mode with external digital filter and modulator. If you lack capability of running good external digital filter and modulator, then it is certainly better than nothing.

It was never my belief that OS mode on the Spring would sound better than the HMS into the Spring in NOS mode. I listen almost exclusively in NOS mode on the Spring and ordered the HMS for the TT2 - I just plan to play around a bit when it all arrives...

 

Thanks for all the info about the Spring, btw. Right now the only software upsampling I can do is either with ROON DSP or A+'s iZototpe 64-bit SRC. I currently do not have HQPlayer so I don't think I have the bit rate setting and noise shaping capabilities you mention. I actually find the Audirvana upsampling to sound quite good going into the Spring in NOS mode. And I prefer Roon DSP upsampling into the Spring in NOS mode to straight redbook in either NOS or OS...

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It's not apples to apples because although both come through my modded and reclocked SOtM component/cable chain, A+ comes through my iMac while Roon comes through my modded and re-clocked SOtM server -- so OVERALL the Roon route sounds quieter and more refined because of the difference in 'source' quality... (iMac sounds better streaming Tidal through A+ than playing from local files - playing off the iMac's hard drive is a whole level worse than any other playback solution I have.) Nonetheless, I am impressed by how good A+ upsampling to DSD256 from the iMac (again streaming Tidal, NOT from local files) through the SOtM sMS-200 Ultra SE in DLNA mode into the Spring on NOS sounds. Happy doing that while I wait for my server to get some more tweaks. Again I use a lot of SOtM product so the overall sound through all the filtering and reclocking is similar. Still the nod goes to Roon... It will be very interesting to see what the HMS/TT2 combo does in comparison, as well as using just one BNC output on the HMS to upsample into the Spring...

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 Great to get this feedback from the front lines as I await my HMS and TT2 combo as well. Thank you. Could you perhaps describe in a little more detail what the Shunyata brought to the table, besides "minutiae" (which I assume means detail retrieval?)? What is the "goodness" you are hearing, if you don't mind sharing? It would be very helpful to me personally as I contemplate which BNC cables to get for my combo. Cheers (Also has your dealer given you a firm date for the TT2 to arrive?)

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3 minutes ago, kennyb123 said:

First off, no firm date yet on the TT2.  Apparently Chord has still not fulfilled some orders placed in Nov/Dec.

Oi.

 

3 minutes ago, kennyb123 said:

I'll respond to your question about the Shunyata products later.

Thanks . Much appreciated.