Hello, I’m new here. 
SB Touch > RME ADI2 (living room)
SB Touch > Audiolab M-DAC (bedroom)
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Using Oppo 205 DAC, ES9038PRO.
A surprisingly good combo, I would suggest using toslink with it to get it more electrically isolated:
And welcome to the forums 
A Falcon Northwest Tiki Windows 10 PC customized as dedicated music server, all SSDs, Nvidia cuda cores, running Roon and HQPlayer up-sampling to 24.6 Mhz, to W4S Recovery, to T+A DAC 8 DSD.
Nice computers, a bit pricey. They used to offer a granite base which I thought was cool.
Thank you, and I agree. Mine is a few years old and does have the granite base. Their newer machines are faster but mine still seems to work well. I re-configured the machine and dedicated it solely as a music server!
I think a well built PC can work very well as a music server and is ideal for use with the T+A DAC!
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Chromecast Audio, a poundshop belkin 3.5mm to phono cable, 20 year old Cambridge audio amp.
But, I’m sat in the garden with the sun shining and sunny music playing, circumstances can overcome difficiencies.
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Is that the Spring2 or the original gen 1 DAC? Are you using the USB input of the I2S?
The Chord Hugo TT continues to amaze me.
Nucleus => Audioquest Jitterbug => Chord Super Sarum USB => Hugo TT.
Absolutely sublime! 
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I would hope that it i$ amazing.
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Well, I’ve gotta say, it’s surprised me!
And I do appreciate how lucky I am. I’m not sure it could get any better than this? 
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Instead of one Chord Super Sarum USB, you could daisy chain about 30 Jitterbugs, that would be JitterFreeSubline! 
Rub them all with a little snake oil, oh boy!
Original spring.
USB with some conditioning.
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@Rugby
A few years ago we were redoing the garden, and we went out to a quarry to buy some rock. A lot of fun, the only thing I ever bought that is priced per ton! Typically $150/ton. (Although the buyer is responsible for shipping…)
I was getting stepping stones and they cut 4” slices from granite boulders.
I was thinking, I could get some like that as a base for a turntable. A lot cheaper than “audiophile granite”.
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I envy you having a Hugo TT, alas it’s out of my current price range.
I’m currently suffering one of those cartoon-esque battles of a devil on my left shoulder telling me to buy a Chord Qutest and an angel on my right shoulder telling me to be conservative with money and just be happy with my Arcam irDAC!
Yeah, I was very dubious too.
Until I listened to it. Damn! 
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That devil on your left shoulder wants you to be even happier, and he’s an angel in disguise…
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That’s the problem with this interest/‘hobby’(?)
There’s always something else to ‘look at’?
It’s a bit like porn! 
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I’m glad someone else said it! 
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