Thomas wants transparent, you won't beat that!
This one has a lower measured noise floor and harmonics...
Thomas wants transparent, you won't beat that!
I think the transparent tube is just a light guide for the network interface LED.Hrmm..That tube is interesting. I wonder if the Incoming Ethernet is converted to Fiber/Light then back to Eth before it reaches the Eth cable with the filter on it?
I see the term "Ethertube" on the board. Can't imagine it being anything other than a conversion to light since the tube appears to be the only link to the other board
Cool stuff
Michael,
last year you were saying that you were getting the HAPI (I am not sure if in the end you got it) and that you were not interested in the NADAC. What made you change your mind?
Did you have a chance to compare Merging's Emotion and HQPlayer? How do you feel about it?
BTW, NADAC uses two ES9008 chhips, not ES9018.
Thanks.I did order a Hapi a year ago. I had it for a couple of days. I could not get the driver to work right. In particular, it wouldn't measure a logsweep. IOW, it couldn't do in and out at the same time. Now, the problem may be been user error or maybe the driver wasn't mature enough at that point. I really don't know. So I sent it back to Merging. I was told to wait for the NADAC. The NADAC's driver is more friendly to home networks. The new NADAC firmware and driver work flawlessly.
I don't have any way of comparing the two units. For me, the NADAC is my preference but I know the pro audio guys on the Acourate forum snicker and say it's just an overpriced Hapi. Whether that's the case or not, I don't care. It works well and it sounds awesome.
Thanks.
Did you have a chance to compare Emotion and HQPlayer?
Furthermore, compared to Hapi, I found Nadac has more 2nd and 4th order distortion that's why is more euphonic. It has selective phase rotation on certain medium and high frequencies that's why the sound-stage gets wider.
I think the transparent tube is just a light guide for the network interface LED.
EDIT: yes, confirmed by the Merging distributor
Well... that is of course a multipurpose board that Merging Tech could not, or did not want to, put flash mounted to the rear. As you can see there are also other high-density ports for debugging and testing,Ahh because the board from the Horus was used so they didn't have it custom built to be flush mounted to the rear panel.
Well... that is of course a multipurpose board that Merging Tech could not, or did not want to, put flash mounted to the rear. As you can see there are also other high-density ports for debugging and testing,
How do I know?!
You'll need quite a beast of PC for 6ch convolution to DSD256 though... Anyhow, I am sure you will have many hours of enjoyment ahead of you.
Not when you look closer. The Merging plot goes up to +18db. That must be subtracted off. Look at the second plot with the 1k fundamental notched out. This is the measurement with the output stage putting out the full 18db of gain.
Not when you look closer. The Merging plot goes up to +18db. That must be subtracted off. Look at the second plot with the 1k fundamental notched out. This is the measurement with the output stage putting out the full 18db of gain.
I've never used emotion. I only use HQplayer so I can upsample everything to DSD256 and I feel it's the best way to do that with convolution filters.
Is this to bypass the internal PCM to multibit DSD conversion within the DAC?
If the album is in PCM I take it the workflow goes PCM to convolution engine to DSD256? And is a 48 khz logsweep sufficient or do you do one at various resolutions?
Is this to bypass the internal PCM to multibit DSD conversion within the DAC?
If the album is in PCM I take it the workflow goes PCM to convolution engine to DSD256? And is a 48 khz logsweep sufficient or do you do one at various resolutions?
Michael,
coulld you please try to find out the part no. (brand and so on) of the ethernet passive filter?
Thanks.It's a Wurth electronics Ferrite sleeve for electromagnetic interference suppression
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/ferrite-sleeves/3675304/