Based on what I read thus far I'm staying where I am now, so no Etalon for me. I remembered what Alex Crespi of Uptone and others have said: never do any passive filtering in the digital signal path which makes sense to me as it'll likely impact signal integrity of such a high bandwidth signal.
Also in the topic I linked to in the previous post two guys have compared the Etalon to a Audioquest Diamond RJ/E (preferring the Diamond). Of course I had to do with crappy translations of Google since my French is quite poor so I hope I didn't misunderstand but their descriptions reminded me of the effects of TotalDAC USB cable (a cable with a passive filter box) which like the Etalon also dulled the music/provides less bandwidth and thus sounds less lively. An effect that once was desirable in my system but no more since I've already eliminated any "digititus" I can recognize. The Diamond is also already a bit 'softer' in my system than the more lively Vodka making me actually miss the Vodka with certain recordings. (The Diamond is tonally more neutral and balanced though and does other things quite a bit better as well so overall I prefer it over the Vodka.)
Edit: Their report here: https://www.synthese-hifi.com/phpBB2/vie...10#p393153
Also in the topic I linked to in the previous post two guys have compared the Etalon to a Audioquest Diamond RJ/E (preferring the Diamond). Of course I had to do with crappy translations of Google since my French is quite poor so I hope I didn't misunderstand but their descriptions reminded me of the effects of TotalDAC USB cable (a cable with a passive filter box) which like the Etalon also dulled the music/provides less bandwidth and thus sounds less lively. An effect that once was desirable in my system but no more since I've already eliminated any "digititus" I can recognize. The Diamond is also already a bit 'softer' in my system than the more lively Vodka making me actually miss the Vodka with certain recordings. (The Diamond is tonally more neutral and balanced though and does other things quite a bit better as well so overall I prefer it over the Vodka.)
Edit: Their report here: https://www.synthese-hifi.com/phpBB2/vie...10#p393153
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