Rajeshh
Well-Known Member
Having good friends is great, but as an audiophile, having friends who are audiophiles, is pretty amazing.
I recently upgraded from my LS50 Wireless, to a full blown separate set-up consisting of the Kef Reference 1s, Wyred4sound mAMPSs & mPRE. The upgrade in sound quality is not something i can describe easily in words. It is an entirely different beast.
My digital source is the ELAC Discovery music server, which has a built in DAC. This is the longest serving part of my set-up till now, and a favourite.
So far so good, music sounds brilliant.
An issue with a highly resolving set-up is that you can easily differentiate good sound from bad, without any critical listening.
My Video source is a trusty old Mac mini passing sound via its USB out to the DAC in the Wyred4Sound mPre, the sound whether i play Youtube or HQ content is a let down.
Till my friends decide to gift a "Wyred4sound Recovery"

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According to the Wyred website, the Recovery is a USB reclocker that does 2 things.
"The Recovery is an affordable, compact audio device that intercepts the USB signal between the DAC and computer to do two critical things:
1. Isolate and provide cleaner power
2. Supply a much more precisely clocked source for the USB encoded data.
This "pre-conditioning" of the USB signal provides the DAC a much cleaner, truer signal resulting in noticeably improved audio fidelity."
I didn't expect to hear much improvement, but the difference i heard was quite substantial.
So much so that a A/B was completely unnecessary.
Everything sounds lit-up, the sound feels like there is more meat to it.
Bass is tighter and more muscular, the highs seem smoother, the biggest difference is in the vocals, they seem to have suddenly developed more body.
This applies to everything, HQ video files, Amazon Prime, Netflix and as a pleasant surprise even for Youtube music videos.
Removing the Recovery from the chain, i felt like audio became leaner & less defined.
All in all, a welcome piece of kit.
I recently upgraded from my LS50 Wireless, to a full blown separate set-up consisting of the Kef Reference 1s, Wyred4sound mAMPSs & mPRE. The upgrade in sound quality is not something i can describe easily in words. It is an entirely different beast.
My digital source is the ELAC Discovery music server, which has a built in DAC. This is the longest serving part of my set-up till now, and a favourite.
So far so good, music sounds brilliant.
An issue with a highly resolving set-up is that you can easily differentiate good sound from bad, without any critical listening.
My Video source is a trusty old Mac mini passing sound via its USB out to the DAC in the Wyred4Sound mPre, the sound whether i play Youtube or HQ content is a let down.
Till my friends decide to gift a "Wyred4sound Recovery"



According to the Wyred website, the Recovery is a USB reclocker that does 2 things.
"The Recovery is an affordable, compact audio device that intercepts the USB signal between the DAC and computer to do two critical things:
1. Isolate and provide cleaner power
2. Supply a much more precisely clocked source for the USB encoded data.
This "pre-conditioning" of the USB signal provides the DAC a much cleaner, truer signal resulting in noticeably improved audio fidelity."
I didn't expect to hear much improvement, but the difference i heard was quite substantial.
So much so that a A/B was completely unnecessary.
Everything sounds lit-up, the sound feels like there is more meat to it.
Bass is tighter and more muscular, the highs seem smoother, the biggest difference is in the vocals, they seem to have suddenly developed more body.
This applies to everything, HQ video files, Amazon Prime, Netflix and as a pleasant surprise even for Youtube music videos.
Removing the Recovery from the chain, i felt like audio became leaner & less defined.
All in all, a welcome piece of kit.