Recent content by Cincy2

I took delivery of my upgraded Cascade yesterday and spent some time listening to the system last night and this morning. I don't know if the hardware changes require any burn in. My impressions are based on what I heard during about 2 hours of music after a few hours of warm up last night and...

I have the Pink Faun Dual Ultra and love everything about it after a few months now. I replaced a Wadax server and while it was a noteworthy accomplishment, the combination of PF Server and MSB Cascade DAC has taken my AQ to an entirely new level. I have suffered through many buggy software...

I put my Cascade in the mail yesterday on the way to MSB for the upgrade. Report to follow in a few weeks. Eric

Free upgrade for Cascade owners. MSB is a great company.

Any disk from Chesky or Mapleshade labels. Cincy

The highlights of the show for me were meeting Jord from Pink Faun and hearing the crazy Clarisys monster speakers. I never really understood the term "speaker slam" until now. Very impressive. Eric

I'm going to attend on Friday.

I second this emotion. My PF Dual Ultra took the soundstage, detail, signal to noise, and musicality of my gear (including the Cascade) to new levels. I use it to feed both my primary and secondary systems. The change was substantial and very pleasing. I was not aware a file source could have...

Puma No there is not. I have a CAD grounding system so it would have been nice. However, after spending an hour or so in critical listening today, I honestly don't think I'm missing it. Black Hole darkness for all good recordings e.g. Chesky, Mapleshade, Opus 3, PS Audio Octave and the best...

I took delivery yesterday of my dual chassis Pink Faun server. Pink Faun is not a household name in this country. When presented with their server solution by Mike at Suncoast Audio, I was impressed by the thought that went into their product and the continuing engineering activity they have...

I had a Reiki Audio optical bridge in the chain and it did not help. My plan now is to use a USB connection from the Pink Faun to a MSB ProISL device which converts that USB to optical for insertion in the Cascade. I will also store all files locally on the server to take Ethernet out of the...

Before I received my Cascade, Mike lent me an Esoteric all in one so I could continue to enjoy music. During that time, Hurricane Helene came to town and a lightning bolt from that storm struck a tree outside my house. The tree had a lightning arrestor that funneled the voltage into the ground...

Exquisite detail. Very pleasing warmth. Still breaking in. Cincy

The morning after Milton has arrived. I did a quick tour of the yard and house in the dark with a flashlight. Other than a continuing power outage and some minor yard debris we have emerged unscathed. The Tampa area did not take a direct hit so there was no storm surge, only wind and rain. Lucky...

I am very disatisfied with their 1G service. My wired computer rarely gets over 400MB upload speeds and 300+ downloads when tested. Frontier ignores my calls for remedy. Buyer beware.