My plan is to test (not blind, just informal, over a weekend or two) which output/input setup will sound best. System: DSD Sr. > Lamm LL2.1 > VTL ST-85 > DeVore Fidelity O/96. Vote for what you think will sound best! poll I prefer a laid-back sound (bring me to the performance, not the performanc…

Not at all for me. I don’t have the proper tin foil hat perhaps.

If the Bridge II come out on top, I’ll remove it for an separate evaluation of the #2 source. I guess I better order a slot cover now…

aangen, try aluminum, seems to be a better filter!

Survey says . . . [image] Does removing the Bridge II offer a potential SQ increase for other inputs like USB? DACs POLL: DS Senior owners who have physically removed the Bridge II, which of the following statements best describes your experience? poll

Where’s that confounded bridge?

I went many months without having a bridge 2. When I added it the sound did not collapse. To test, I disengaged it from its internal connector and I heard no improvement. Lucky me I guess.

I’m seven tracks into the first comparison. I chose to stick to only two sources for now; went for what I think is the heavy-weight fight here, because I’m a filthy sound glutton: Bridge II and NUC USB. Three tracks in, and is one louder than the other? Doesn’t make sense to me, but I only preten…

Just to echo Bootzilla and kylemillsap, while I was happy with the SQ during the three and a half years I used the bridge in the DS DAC for my prime input, I got a marked improvement in SQ when I removed the bridge. I replaced the bridge with a dCS Network Bridge connecting to the DAC via AES/EBU. I…

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