The Sagatun Monos are and always been from day one quite extraordinary preamps which are just captivating and quite magical. Yes, for sure :-) However the most interesting comparison is Giella Pi vs. Sagatun Mono. From Fredrik's comments it was clear from the beginning that the standard Giella can ...

Matteo wrote: ↑2021-03-19 23:32 From the last “reveal” clips released by Linn on their Facebook page, the new Organik Klimax seems a Selekt-bis

Not sure about, from a marketing POV it would not make any sense to offer Organik with Selekt appearance.

Matt

I used a lot of Mana supports at the time and was lucky to visit John Watson of Mana at his home several times. His system was the best I'd heard at that point and he recommended going back to passive with internal Falcon crossovers. I eventually manged to wire these up (a very tight squeeze in the...

Btw AKM has now split of Digtal Filtering and Delta Sigma modulation from the DAC which goes along with what LINN does in the Katalyst and former versions anyway - anly using parts of the functionality provided by the DAC. So AKM has now a DAC which only does DA conversion Thanks for sharing, very ...

Lego wrote: ↑2021-03-11 16:21 £40k !!!???.That is a lot of money .

This makes a server like a Taiko Extreme appear like a bargain, considering that a DAC is lower in the Source First hierarchy than a server.

Matt

Ben Webster wrote: ↑2021-03-09 21:06 Diretta?

OT, but anyway interesting:

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 3pid475971

Matt

Ben Webster wrote: ↑2021-03-09 21:06 Maybe Linn will cooperate with Diretta?
https://www.diretta.link

I think they will launch a new DAC architecture.

Matt

It's surprising to get such different results, which makes me curious whether both test scenarios are the same. The reason I ask is that volumio Spotify (and spotifyd on Debian) have their own config, while each Spotify control point appears to have its own config too... I can understand that the l...

lejonklou wrote: ↑2021-03-07 14:16 I did just now and find it much worse with Volume normalisation switched on.

Fredrik,
thanks for sharing. It is nice to know. I do not have Spotify but Qobuz/Audirvana on Mac and have this function disabled as well.

Matt

I have ”volume normalisation” turned on, then you get rid of the worst ”loudness war” compressed music files, then i set the other sound option to quiet, then the lufs value is -23, far better than the standard -14 Sorry, can you please explain what you hope to gain with "volume normalisation" turn...

https://artists.spotify.com/faq/mastering-and-loudness#my-track-doesn't-sound-as-loud-as-other-tracks-on-spotify-why Very usefull information about loudness war and the settings in spotify app, i use the ”quiet” settings and i can recomend it. Interesting from the Spotify HP: "Note: The web player ...

Discodave wrote: ↑2021-03-05 18:05 How do you mean? And why would that change it from 320 to Flac?

Maybe they offer some users a free trial of the upcoming Spotify Hifi to get some feedback how it works or how it sounds in comparison to the existing Premium?

Matt

Discodave wrote: ↑2021-03-05 17:36 I have noticed recently that on my Majik Ds, playing Spotify, it comes up as 44/16 and FLAC bitrate.
Any ideas?

Maybe some users are beta testers?
Any changes in musicality?
Thanks

Matt

beck wrote: ↑2021-03-04 20:41 Great review! It makes me want to listen to it! :-)

Yes, great review.
Me too, but as a pre amp, not as a HP amp.

Matt

Yes, the headphone output on all recent Macs and AirPort Express sound really good. The Mac mini sounds superb. Like all amplifiers, there is the burn-in factor. Connect a pair of headphones playing loudly for a week or so before comparing and purchasing any outboard DAC. +1 There are reports that ...

lejonklou wrote: ↑2021-02-22 14:01 ESI Gigaport eX is inexpensive and reported to work smoothly with Volumio and sound really good.

Fredrik,
I have so far found no comments on the ESI Gigaport eX here on the forum. Do you?
Thanks

Matt

There is immense satisfaction in all this, but I keep wondering whether there are now CD transports/players out there which will outperform Hakai. Where all I have to do is load a CD and press play... I am waiting for the upcoming Schiit Audio cd transport named "Urd". It is not expensive (USD 1300...

Matteo wrote: ↑2021-02-22 23:16 https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/22/2229 ... hd-quality

I really hope they will not stream MQA.

Matt

lejonklou wrote: ↑2021-02-23 12:04 Yes, that makes me very angry. It's callous and reckless.

Update:

https://www.mattmontag.com/music/an-upd ... watermarks

Matt

lejonklou wrote: ↑2021-02-15 13:23 Both models will be produced.

Would it be possible to cut production costs with offering only the Giella Pi?
Thanks

Matt

lejonklou wrote: ↑2021-02-15 00:51 After some fine tuning, it outperformed Giella in every department.

.......with line out as well?

Thanks

Matt

Øyvind I wrote: ↑2021-02-08 09:44 Generally the systems in my experience are rock stable with wired solution and a bit unstable on WiFi.

Not my experience at all.
The WiFi system I use is very stable (2,4 GHz only).
Further, it is very easy to turn WiFi off after the files have been loaded into RAM.

Matt

One of my favourite albums - not just of Lyle but of any artist. Have been playing his early vinyl album 'Pontiac' yesterday, a true gem as well. On Qobuz there are hardly any Lovett tracks available which is a big shame. At least on Qobuz Germany there are 21 albums including the two mentioned :-)...

lejonklou wrote: ↑2020-12-18 18:25 I have decided to hold back on this change of feet on Giella. They were fine when first applied, but after 24h they've changed and gone too far. Back to the drawing board!

Fredrik,
what do you think about feet made from non-compliant material like wood, brass, stainless steel etc.?
Thanks

Matt

Charlie1 wrote: ↑2020-12-05 01:31 Excellent news markiteight!

+1

Matt