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Check Zu Audio Libtec cable on ebay sold by Zu-promo. They put different lengths on auction regularly and it goes for a ridiculously low price, its a great design, very well made, sounds great and easily competes with cables sold for £40-60 p/m. Great option if you want to upgrade from a budget...

I am seriously guilty. I'm listening to Ike Quebec, Melody Garrot and late Leonard Cohen.

That's correct, even more so ndac uses two BurrBrown chips, one for for each channel, whereas v1 has just one. Still the technology is basically the same when it comes to filtering and processing the signal.

The V1 uses the Burr Brown PCM1791A chip with their own 40bit floating point filter, same as nDAC, and a SHARK DSP processor. I doubt Sharp have ever manufactured a DAC chip. V1 has the same technology as the earlier nDAC, slightly updated. The output stage is the same as in 252 and 552. In my...

So guys, Zenith Mk 2 or Zen Mk 3 ?

And btw one of the reasons I bought ZEN in 2014 was that the CD driver gave up the ghost ( that's the one thing that can go wrong with Opus). It is DSL-710A, and they were cheap as chips and easy to replace and flush, but discontinued long ago. It took me an awful lot of time and effort to find...

I resist spending insane money on hi-fi these days, so to me the sweet spot is Zenith Mk 2 / ZEN Mk 3. And the main question is: out of these two which one to go for?

I wouldn't say it is an outright improvement, but the resolution, dynamics and emotional impact are all up there. Where it betters the Opus 21 in my system is the bass dynamics/clarity and as a result it has a better midrange body/presence/imaging. Then again I am using the Naim DAC so that...

Does anyone have any experience in using different Innuos models? I am still using an old ZenMini Mk 1 with Nikola PSU and it sounds pretty well in my system. I remember buying it years ago when they just started and was taken aback by how good it sounded compared to my beloved Resolution Audio...

I had both. They are very different. 509 is not warm, it is a great amp with clear, nuanced sound. 890 has balls, I mean BALLS, it was too rich for my blood. Great amp as well and you will not need central heating. I remember the guy who bought it - he listened for 10 sec, as 890 was driving big...

Thanks a lot guys, awesome response and a lot of food for thought. I am SLOWLY getting to grips with all this new technology. So far my preferred option is LIV Zen Mini + M2Tech HiFace2 USB to SPDIF convertor. Looks like a neat option that leaves room for an upgrade with a better power...

Great, thanks! I feel like a dinosaur :)

Yes, I am looking at it now. And it has an option of added S/PDIF Coax digital out, which is great. One thing that I do not like is the fact that my router and my hi-fi rack are in the opposite parts of the room and I do not want another long cable hanging on the fireplace The other thing...

I keep it in mind, but my notebook has a fan and it creates too much noise for late night listening. And using my computer means every time I want to listen to the music I have to put it on my hi-fi rack. Not really convenient. Also I would much prefer a remote control rather than a mouse. So...

Does it have a SPIDF output ? My CDP has only a RCA 96 KHz digital input.