Grahame

What kind of self respecting Mil Spec DAC doesn't come with POST, BIST / BITE? . oh wait.

I Spy Bacon (and a thumb top left?). What? / Where? Big Picture == Big Taste?

Sources state it's the production / board house that had the issue, wrong part being fed onto board. Sennhesier QA would have probably identified a production run out of spec, and begun root cause analysis.

I think he has a trip arranged as a Christmas treat. Maybe some of these advent calendars will help the waiting days fly by or if stretch is into some home craft DIY

It may not be the product for you, CJ, but the manual and the FAQ's are good for a chuckle.

Congrat on a half century. Happy birthday, Todd.

Or start a kickstarter / indiegogo project for $12 to answer the question. Problem solved, Internet fame awaits.

"MQA support is limited to a user installable LED, labelled MQA , attached to 5v DC"

Why not find out empirically?

"Small enough to download or stream today" And what about tomorrow? Or are data caps fixed forever. Thanks telecom oligopolies.

http://schiit.com/products/fulla $79! Game Over Geek Out ? Yay for competition? ...

Oh look. an "MQA READY"* Dac https://www.meridian-audio.com/products/personal-audio/explorer2/ Maybe It'll even have a low output impedance. EDIT: looks like it does. 0.47 Ohm. http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=224155#Post224155 *you mean one that handles PCM? or turns on a LED when it senses some low order bit pattern?

More "Info" from the source http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=225234#Post225234

This Years Bump

Joanne is making an Indian Curry, from scratch. I approve.

Hydrogen Audio Steps in http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=107124&st=975

^ I came to similar conclusions. the description is almost content free. If they are saying "most" of the data in hi-rez files can be thrown away vs CD data rates (because you can't hear it), aren't they shooting themselves in the foot or being self defeating ? If its backwards compatible with PCM gear, then aren't we back in HDCD land, which is moot since we can have true 24 bit samples if required. Looks remarkably like badge engineering, or a tax on Hi-Rez. THX for Music?

That's what happens when you spend time adding commentary. I'll never make it as a no value-add news feed aggregator

(oblig glossy vertical scrolling one page web site) http://musicischanging.com/ has someone been drinking the Pono Kool Aid? http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=3851 http://www.stuff.tv/meridian/meridian-s-mqa-format-allows-streaming-studio-quality-music/news https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/robert-harley-listens-to-meridian-mqa/ lossless compression for streaming ? How is it different from FLAC?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boozestones-liquor-at-its-finest El Reg (and commentards) unimpressed http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/put_a_rock_in_your_drink/

Very impressive, QA, attention to detail, process, staff conditions etc. As said above, other audio / boutique / jewelry manufacturers take note. Hand made does not need to mean variable / crappy / unjustifiably expensive. Look for a DIN standard / QA sticker on your next purchase

This is Interesting Tidal seems to use the same Global Identifiers ( accessible by the share / by email copyable link) e.g Artist Alison Krauss. = tidalhifi.com/artist/6602 Album New Favorite by Alison Krauss. = tidalhifi.com/album/3044220 Track New Favorite by Alison Krauss. = tidalhifi.com/track/3044233 and as seen before entities are different for a UK and a US account as an example , playable on UK Account, not on US Account Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss http://tidalhifi.com/album/6043300 I've a couple of days overlap for a UK registered account and a US one, so have a few days window for further exploration as time allows and have accessed both via the Web interface and the (windows) Desktop App, from the US, so will explore further, but its late now so will leave you with the following UK Account desktop App US Account desktop App

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Alleged-drunk-wedges-Mustang-on-Golden-Gate-5929686.php

Patience https://www.facebook.com/TidalHiFi/posts/1501868566731055 Chrome / Tidal webplayer -> Chromecast ?