Big fan of Morrow cables here too.
Their SP7 speaker cable bettered some significantly more expensive designs in my system.
Good enough not to even think about speaker cable now.
HDMI I2s however…
Interested to know your thoughts on Morrow i2s cable.
As you know, Morrow cables typically require a long break in. But I will follow up as soon as I have a good sense of what their HDMI cable can do.
What is the box sitting on top of the AirLens?
Hi @Paul when i saw how small the AL is I am now wondering if it does have Linear PSU similar as PST/DSD DAC?
It looks like a Bluesound device of some sort
Thanks. That’s what I thought.
Paul indicated earlier that the AL comes with SMPS.
Ted’s reply the other day suggests there should be little if any difference between I2S and usb. Any good streamer should be very low noise, grounding issues and differential and common mode mains noise is effectively dealt with by various brands of mains conditioners.
In the photo PS Audio seem to have two SMP supplies plugged into a Dectet conditioner, which is advertised as treating differential and common mode mains noise. The system pictured uses a Bluesound Node streaming source rather than the Innuos that PS Audio own. I don’t know why, I’ve owned both and the Innuos is a lot better.
Pretty sure he needs another preamp….
The Innuos is with the big system in Music Room 2.
I have a .75M Audioquest HDMI Dragon for sale @$1,200.
Am I right to assume that PSA may have used Innuos as a model to design the AirLens? I said that because Innuos servers have two ethernet ports, and one can connect to AirLens ethernet input. I do not think too many other servers have ethernet outputs.
Of course, I did not search deeply so this is purely a wild guess.
It was a tough decision on which way to go. Let us know what you think.
Whats the latest on when we can buy this?
^^ the latest, as far as I know.
On Innuos, the RJ45 sockets are a LAN input and a data output. The other data output is usb. Both do not have data limitations and RJ45 is galvanically isolated. You will find the same on Melco servers.
The AL is a bridge and has to have RJ45 because if it could not connect to the network it would be pretty useless.
Got it. Thanks!
How do other servers connect to AirLens, by adapter or switch?
From local servers, it is via WiFi or via Ethernet to the AirLens as a UPnP device. BYOA = Bring Your Own App… which can also mean Roon for the legions of Audiophile Rooners out there, since AirLens is to be Roon Ready. From a posting further above by PS Audio, the AirLens will also work directly with Tidal Connect. So no local server needed for that at all. For Qobuz, another app like Mconnect is needed. Sounds like it does not have NAA (Network Audio Adapter) integration. So is not for HQPlayer. I would be happy to hear otherwise from PS Audio though…
