Lush^2 - Share your configuration experiences

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17 minutes ago, simonp said:

I use a USPCB adapter before and after the iso regen. I also had homemade usb cables wich where very nice but the USPCB had more detail. 

Does anyone replaced a USPCB by a Lush cable and in what way did this improve?

I ran a microRendu into an Ayre Codex with USPCB.  Changing to Lush^1 gave me the same detail but easier to listen to.  I now use the Lush^1 with JSSG360 between a SOtM tx-usbhubex and a Meitner MA-1 V2.

[d_elm]

Of the suggested configurations to date A:B-W-Y-R  B:B-W-R is the best for me with my modded Lush^1.  I find male voices are best to notice the difference but everything is improved.

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5 hours ago, PeterSt said:

 

Ah, yes. I forgot that you guys also "do clocks" these days.

Hmm ...

 

I don't know whether we'll go off topic too much, but do you people have the real experience that different cables sounding different in this regard  (connect clock signals) ? I know the question may be daft, but I'm still asking.

 

Also, would it be really so that you'd connect the devices of concern over a reasonable length, like 50cm or more ?

 

Peter

I have a 30cm RG400 clock cable, SMB connectors, that I added two layers of shielding to with both ends of the inner shielding connected to the RG400 outer shield and connectors, like a Lush^2 A:B-W-Y-R, B:B-W-R.  The result was poor bass and an overall thin sound.  I probably messed with the cable impedance.  I then removed the added shielding and added three shields on the RG400 to give A:W-Y-R, B:W-R.  That is much better than the previous attempt.  Clock cables do matter and I have proven to myself that I can make sound quality worse.

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32 minutes ago, Superdad said:

 

That's cool.  Perhaps now might be a good time for @PeterSt to at last burn-in and give a listen to the ISO REGEN/UltraCap LPS-1.2 bundle (that we traded to him for two Lush^2 cables months ago).  But then he might go mad with more combinations to experiment with!  

 

Of course I truly understand the limits of available time, as I myself have never had a chance to even once change my Lush^2 from the configuration it shipped in way back then (the paper says it shipped: A: B-Y & W-R,  B: B-Y).

 

From the above bi-continental experiments of the past couple of days, am I correct that Peter et al are now most preferring 

A: B-W-Y-R, B: B-W-R ?   Or should I go to the discussed and pictured A: B-W-Y B: B-W ?

I'm so confused...

To this date the preferred configuration is A: B-W-Y-R, B: B-W-R.

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6 hours ago, bluebeat said:

Since mid-February I’ve been using A: B-W & Y-R, B: B-W-R, based on the recommendation of @AmusedToD. It’s been dubbed PNF by now. Compared to A: B-W-R B: B-W I used before, A: B-W & Y-R, B: B-W-R brought a wider soundstage, cleaner highs, more detail and a much tighter and better defined bass. Really, really good, I think, of course with my setup, room, preferences etc.

 

There is a definite downside to A: B-W & Y-R, B: B-W-R, though. It has been reported before, it seems to add a spike of treble energy. I guess that same energy is the reason why it sounds dynamic, of maybe even forward. In the long run it was too fatiguing for me. I have tinnitus, and A: B-W & Y-R, B: B-W-R provoked it, causing extra ringing etc. I hoped my ears could get used to it, but no.

 

So I added an ISO-Regen and a second Lush^2, thinking it would ameliorate or compensate in some way the treble-energy. I used the configuration @FileMakerDev loves, in this chain:

microRendu  >  Lush^2 (PNF)  >  ISO-Regen  >  Lush^2 (default)  >  DAC.

 

I’m with FileMakerDev, the result is really extraordinary. Combining the default config with the PNF kept the strong points of both in play. I hit the jackpot, or so I thought.

 

But alas, the drawback of the PNF also remains the same, the treble energy is still there, and it still triggers my tinnitus. Too irritating.  

 

Right now I’m at microRendu  >  Lush^2 (default)  >  ISO-Regen  >  Lush^2 (default)  >  DAC

It’s absolutely OK, but coming from the PNF/default config, it’s a step back (my setup, room, preferences, and – especially – ears, of course). I think the presentation is off – too much emphasis on percussion, bass etc.

 

I’d love to find a combination, based on the default, that brings back a bit of the magic of the PNF/default. Any suggestions?     

PNF is A:B-W & Y-R, B:B-W and shipping default has been A:B-W-Y-R,B:B-W-R.  Do you want to restate your findings ?

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I prefer the original notation, eg. A:B-R+W-Y  B:B-R, and any new and improved schemes are just

confusing for me.