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Some more videos about the NADAC D and C

Correction NADAC D $23,000 NADAC C $27,500

I’ve been told this DAC and Clock is very special. It’s about $60K for the pair. Company web site https://www.master-fidelity.com/ 2 recent GTT Audio videos: Recording engineer Bert van der Wolf, who produces fantastic sounding hi resolution music downloads, uses their products in his recordings and distributes it in the Netherlands https://spiritofturtle.com/blogs/news/the-importance-of-an-accurate-clock-signal-in-digital-recording-and-playback

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Bill Parish addresses the MU2 versus Tambaqui question

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Generalizations are dangerous. Unfortunately the best way to know is to look for comments from others for suggestions but you have to try if for yourself on your set up. For example I must have acquired over half a dozen discs or music files for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue over the past 30 years. So far this recently available download in DSD256 sounds the best by far to me https://www.highdeftapetransfers.ca/products/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-pure-dsd I attribute the sound to the 15ips 2-track tape used, the process used to digitize, and the DSD256 format generally sounds great on my sytem. Another example of the importance of the recording engineer’s choice of microphones, placement and recording equipment are these two music files of a live performance of Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade performed by Gianandrea Noseda and the Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino Version #1: https://www.nativedsd.com/product/sacd148sheherazade-suite-sinfonica-op-35/ was recorded in DSD64. I got this recording a few years ago and it was unlistenable. The soundstage is compressed and the music lifeless. Uncharacteristicly bad for a DSD64 recording Version #2: https://www.nativedsd.com/product/sacd193-korsakov-sheherazade-noseda/ recently became available. The recording engineer had a 2nd recording setup recording simultaneously using less (only 2) microphones but was able to capture more hall ambiance and recorded it on analog tape. Subsequently digitized this version 2 sounds wonderful, the music is alive, expressive and you have a much better sense of being in the concert hall. I’ve read that one should only buy music downloads in the resolution it was originally recorded in. Logically how could a higher resolution of the original recording sound any better? This recoding available on the NativeDSD website of Brahms Symphony 3 & 4 performed by Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig was originally recorded in PCM 96kHz. https://www.nativedsd.com/product/ptc5186852-brahms-symphonies-3-4/ But higher resolution versions of this recording (DSD256) sound much better. If you read thru this explanation on the NativeDSD web site it explains why higher resolution’s result in music with far improved phase response, a sound that is less aggressive, more spacious and airier, and less “digital” https://www.nativedsd.com/news/the-higher-rates-program/

Nenon built this Buffalo switch for me in mid 2021. This switch was modded with extra capacitors, wire, DC connector, chassis damping, vibration treatment, Gaia feet.Requires 12V for the switch and 5V for the clock Here’s a link to a post by Nenon where he discusses his mod. https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/24/ Asking $1,500

View Classified Buffalo BS-GS2016 Switch Modded by Nenon I acquired this modded Buffalo BS-GS2016 switch from Nenon in October 2020. This switch was modded with extra capacitors, wire, DC connector, chassis damping, vibration treatment, Gaia feet. It requires 12V DC and accepts a 2.1mm barrel connector. It’s in perfect operating condition. It replaced an EtherRegen, Gen1, and sounded much more natural on my stereo system. I found that a high quality power supply (like a Sean Jacobs DC4) and DC and AC cables also improved the sound. Here’s a link to a post by Nenon where he discusses his mod, including a Pink Faun clock which is significantly more costly and requires two DC power inputs. https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/24/ Seller Davidny Date 09/16/23 Price 550.00 USD Category Computers / Networking Gear  

I too use a preamp and a 6 volt setting. The Tambaqui is very revealing of all of your system’s attributes. Changes in cabling and everything upstream of the DAC are easily discernible. Although I’ve been enjoying my Tambaqui for many years, here’s a setting I only recently discovered that I thought some might be worth sharing. in the mola mola remote app I’m using preset #3 which is the USB input in Direct mode. If you hit the Edit Preset 3 button, I adjusted the Volume Offset to -2dB. I recently made some changes to my network switch which significantly increased resolution, but made me notice some higher frequency noise. This setting eliminated that. Bill at GTT told me this is the “standard setting” he recommends.

I highly recommend this SACD. Great performance and crystal clear sound. https://www.amazon.com/Gershwin-Piano-Concerto-Rhapsody-Overture/dp/B000NY164W

This link is more up to date https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Electronics/Mola-Mola-international-573176019871165/

Another enthusiastic review https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/mola-mola-ambaqui-dac/

Run music through it 24/7 for at least a month. It will gradually improve.