08-Mar-2016, 21:48
A simple Uptone Regen showed me that there is still ground noise on a USB connection from a highly optimised MacMini using a Chord Signature TA USB cable. The MacMini is a stock base latest model, but has had the HDD replaced with SSD, the stock power supply replaced by the Uptone JS-2 & MMK upgrades, it runs just the basic OS and very little else other than getting music out through the USB, which incidentally sits on a separate server. Wired network, wi-fi and bluetooth switched off. Some processes switched off and/or not even started. And still the Regen cleaned up what was being delivered by USB.
So everything has an effect, no system out there is completely 'clean', just degrees of optimisation in both hardware and software. It's all possible to hear, just depends on the ears listening.
So everything has an effect, no system out there is completely 'clean', just degrees of optimisation in both hardware and software. It's all possible to hear, just depends on the ears listening.
Devialet 220 Pro, TQ Black Mains & Ultra Black Speaker Cables, Naim Ovators S600, Sonore microRendu (Roon & HQP) with Uptone JS-2
TRNC (North Cyprus)
TRNC (North Cyprus)