Dan's Blog
A Glowing Testimonial for OPTO•DX and RF•STOP Filtered AC Cables
Thanks to Albert O. from Laguna Niguel in California!
I have a BluMk2 and Dave. I used Wave Storm BNC cables between them and thought that was the ...
Testimonials and Listener Impressions drive Audiowise Marketing
With the total lack of audio trade shows compounded with the restrictions on social contact, promotion of my product line has been relegated to wor...
A Well Shielded Cable is a Lousy Antenna (and a Good Cable!)
Misinformation and confusion still persists among audiophiles regarding the benefits of cables. Numerous product briefs and postings explain why ca...
An Endgame Amplified Setup
(Updated October 5, 2020)
This is my take on a proposed endgame system for DX compatible DACs driving amplified speakers. It uses my full gamut of...
All Cables (Including Power Cords) are Antennae!
My pragmatic analysis of causal effects as described here clearly shows just how far you need to go to extract maximal sound quality from a digital...
A New Setup for Reference Playback
This is my personal listening space as of April 2020. It's a Chord Hugo TT2 (and occasionally Dave) based system using OPTO•DX and SRC•DX driven f...
The 'Best' Source Input? - Part One
This post for is the data junkie who likes objective comparisons—in this case using quantitative measurements to indicate which DAC source input of...
Sound Quality & RF Noise - Out of Band Energy
Audio analyzers like the Audio Precision APx555 measure the analog output signal of DACs within the 'in-band' range of 20Hz to ~20kHz to ensure the...
Notes from CanJam NYC
This show was a coming out for Audiowise ...and the first show of many I plan to attend. As with most things audio that deal with sound quality, i...
Sound Quality & RF Noise - Part 1
A proper analysis of RF energy effects in a digital audio system requires a measurement device to convert time-domain signal into frequency-domain....
My Listening Room Setup ('B')
Every OPTO•DX is signal calibrated using a RIGOL DS1104Z oscilloscope and then tested on a benchtop listening setup consisting of a Hugo MScaler to...
A New Product for a New Era in High End Audio
After about 9 months of development, SRC•DX was launched this week - and will ship around the end of the year. Its a low RF noise USB to dual-coa...