Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?

Appears not many folk left at this thread, but I'll throw this out there.

1. A pair of Hephaestus Harpoctrates amps on order.
2. Installed a Light Harmonic Lightspeed USB cable (yes, the $999 one) between my Mac Mini and Wyred-4-Sound Dac 2 DSDse. All I can say is worth every penny! Gorgeous life-like SQ.

Coot,

The USB cable difference is interesting.

What kind of USB cable did the new cable replace?

I have heard clains from knowledgeable sources that USB cables can make a big difference, but its not something that I really understand the how or why nor have I ever experimented with.

I recently added a somewhat vanilla USB connection from my laptop to mhdt Constantine DAC alongside existing Squeezebox feed to same dac via Toslink, but have not had a chance to listen and access in any detail yet.

The LH replaced a Mapleshade Clearlink II Plus (now in it's 3rd iteration). The thing about usb cables - there are a zillion of them out there, but the LH has had so many positive raves, I just had to try it. As you can tell, I am not disappointed. I do now agree with those who postulate that the USB cable is every bit as important component in a digital system as is the DAC itself.

Coot, are you using CD resolution music files as the source? Anything higher or lower resolution? Do you hear a clear difference in all these cases?

Hi Mapman,
I listen almost exclusively to classical music - everything from 44.1, 88.2, 96, 176, 192 and a few DSD. I will say that a poorly recorded, compressed mess still sounds that way, but that may change when I get the Hephas or so I read in the reviews. :-)

The biggest difference I hear is greater dynamics and better rhythmic separation. in all resolutions. Just more musical and without fatigue.

As always, ymmv.

-Al