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Technical Questions / If I wanted to modify my kali+piano (to improve it with better components)
« on: February 21, 2017, 12:08:25 AM »
Hi All,

I like my kali+piano2.1 a lot. Thanks! IF I wanted to try to Mod it with some "better components" (e.g. Crystek, better analog stage, etc), do you know about any source of information/forum where I could get started getting ideas, diagrams?

Thanks a lot!

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VANA PLAYER / Would it be better to separately power the sparky and the DAC?
« on: February 21, 2017, 12:03:06 AM »
In terms of performance of the Vana player, would it be better to separately power the sparky and the Kali+Piano2.1?

Would a PSU->battery->Kali help in any way?

Thanks!

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PIANO HI-FI DAC 2.1 / Floor noise/hiss in Kali+Piano2.1
« on: February 20, 2017, 11:58:04 PM »
Hi,

New user here!  I got my Vana player today. I am using it as a 2.0 with my external amplifier and speakers (Nam 5i + Vienna Bach).

First: Congratulations to the developers of this combo/DAC! I am really liking what I hear. In my oppinion it sounds better than some quite expensive DACs,  will post a review later. However I have some questions:

 I am hearing quite a lot of floor-noise (my amplifier is dead silent with my other DACs, and I have a power conditioner for the line).  I did switched from Ethernet to WiFi and the noise reduced substantially,  but there is still some amount of "white noise" when the device is in mute/pause/standby. The noise disappear if I unplug the Vana from the power outlet (I am using the standard power supply in the kit).

Am I alone on this? Do I have a faulty unit? Do you think it is coming from digital domain (i.e. better filtering stages will deal with this?), or maybe I have some improper grounding somewhere?

Any ideas to try?

Thanks for your advice.


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CAPACITANCE MULTIPLIER / Is it possible to use the CM to power kali+sparky+piano2.1 (no-volt)
« on: February 20, 2017, 11:47:07 PM »
Hi All, this is my first post, just received my Vana player kit today, very excited with what I heard.
With my kit I got a CM, since I am not interested in using the Volt amplifier I was planning to use the CM in order to provide "clean" power to the Kali (and the piano 2.1), however the CM came with a plug that is larger than the one in Kali.
Questions: 1. If I get the right plug, would it be possible to use it in the way I described? What input voltage would I need to provide  to the CM(considering the drop rate?); 2. Would it represent any advantage over the power supply alone? (I am using the standard PS in the Vana player kit).

THX for your input!

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