Yesterday the Totaldac D1 USB cable/filter has been delivered and today the JCAT battery PSU came in!
Everything is connected now, ready for 'break-in' and hopefully lots of "musical satisfaction" as well (no doubt about it if it'll do that).
I've attached two (sorry, not so great) pictures. One of the Totaldac cable hanging behind the Devialet and one of the stack of, from top to bottom, the JCAT battery PSU, music server and PS Audio P3. This stack is inside a closed compartment of my rack, hidden behind a "door".
The JCAT battery has replaced both batteries I was using, one Anker (for the SSD inside the music server) and one Kingrex UPower (for the JCAT USB card and clean +5V/ground feed to Devialet's USB input). It auto charges while in use (switching between two internal batteries) so I no longer have to remember to power off batteries and charging them in time.
Not pictured yet but in the mean time I have found a simple solution to let the Totaldac filter rest on a piece of cork instead of letting it hang freely, 'stressing' the connector of the Devialet.
I've read multiple reports that the Totaldac USB cable needs a long break-in, ranging from 1 week to a month so I won't "judge" it right away and will wait at least a week. With the new battery I can also keep music playing all day to speed up this possible break-in.
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@invader, you're welcome! Great, I am curious to know what you think of it when you've put it all together!
Everything is connected now, ready for 'break-in' and hopefully lots of "musical satisfaction" as well (no doubt about it if it'll do that).
I've attached two (sorry, not so great) pictures. One of the Totaldac cable hanging behind the Devialet and one of the stack of, from top to bottom, the JCAT battery PSU, music server and PS Audio P3. This stack is inside a closed compartment of my rack, hidden behind a "door".
The JCAT battery has replaced both batteries I was using, one Anker (for the SSD inside the music server) and one Kingrex UPower (for the JCAT USB card and clean +5V/ground feed to Devialet's USB input). It auto charges while in use (switching between two internal batteries) so I no longer have to remember to power off batteries and charging them in time.
Not pictured yet but in the mean time I have found a simple solution to let the Totaldac filter rest on a piece of cork instead of letting it hang freely, 'stressing' the connector of the Devialet.
I've read multiple reports that the Totaldac USB cable needs a long break-in, ranging from 1 week to a month so I won't "judge" it right away and will wait at least a week. With the new battery I can also keep music playing all day to speed up this possible break-in.
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@invader, you're welcome! Great, I am curious to know what you think of it when you've put it all together!
PS Audio P3, Shunyata ΞTRON Alpha Digital and HC/Furutech power cables, Paul Hynes SR7EHD-MR4, DIY Roon Server & Roon Endpoint running AudioLinux Headless, Phasure Lush^2 USB cable, Audioquest Diamond RJ/E ethernet, Uptone Audio etherREGEN, Mutec MC-3+ USB, Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU, Devialet Expert 250 Pro CI, Nordost Tyr Reference LS cables, Von Schweikert VR-5 SE Anniversary Edition, Anti-Mode Dual Core 2.0, JL Audio Fathom F112. More detail here.
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