Lush^2 - Share your configuration experiences

[mikey8811]

Hi

 

I am currently using a Cardas Clear Hi Speed USB cable and would like a fuller and warmer sound.

 

I keep reading about the Phasure Lush 2 and know that many of you use it in your systems. Has anyone compared it to the Cardas and if so, will the Lush 2 give a fuller and warmer sound?

 

Thanks

[mikey8811]

2 minutes ago, TheAttorney said:

 

Just about every DAC  designer in the universe will give a great explanation as to why their super design is totally immune from upstream issues. And you can have a whole series of galvanically isolated devices in the chain, each one of them apparently perfect.

And yet.... they're simply not perfect. I think it's more a case that the better the source (the server/streamer with specialist audiophile USB boards, clocks, power supplies etc), the less gain there is to be had from external reclockers/cleaners.

 

I don't have a diagram of WYR to hand, but just connect the White, Yellow and Red wires to 3 of the of 4 pins that are close together (nearest the red dot in the 4 + 2 pin block), and leave the black wire dangling in air. Do the same at both ends.

 

@TheAttorney I was also reading your earlier post and mistook TANF for Blaxius 2D as [W]BY [W]BY .

 

I guess it should be A:[W]Y  B:[W]YR .

 

Did you not like TANF on the Blaxius 2D ?

 

I am not using Blaxius 2D from Chord Scaler to DAC but instead from CD transport to DAC.

 

Thanks

[mikey8811]

@TheAttorney if the white wire is always connected, then can't you replicate TANF on Blaxius 2D as:

 

A:[W]Y  B:[W]YR

 

Since on the Lush 2 it is:

 

A:W-Y     B:WYR

 

unless I am  misunderstanding the notation.

 

I tried [W]BY [W]BY but it was too boomy in the bass and fat sounding.

 

Is there something else you can suggest for Blaxius 2D ?

 

Thanks

[mikey8811]

7 hours ago, TheAttorney said:

For other suggestions for Blaxius 2D, see my old post #644 here.

However, if you found my favourite to be "boomy and fat sounding", then I'm not sure that my other recommendations will be of much use to you. There must be some variables with our different systems that are skewing the results.

 

@TheAttorney thanks for your feedback.

 

The reason I asked was because I liked TANF on the Lush 2 with my streamer to DAC and wanted to replicate the same or something similar on Blaxius 2D.

 

I guess the CD transport on SPDIF coaxial has somewhat different sound characteristics which may have led what you perceived to be close enough to TANF on the Lush 2 to have a little too much of a bass bloat in the context of my setup.

 

Thanks for the detailed listing of different configurations.

 

I will try them out.

 

By the way, what cables did you move on to?

 

Thanks again

 

[mikey8811]

By the way, does anyone use the Lush 2 as a USB regeneration link?

 

If so, does the length matter or is it still the shorter the better?

 

I ask because I preferred using it with another USB cable rather than the USPCB connector or USB connector. It just sounds better.