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During my call with EMM, I asked which input would provide the highest audio quality. Most companies would have no problem answering that question since typically one or two inputs receive particular attention during design and development. EMM’s approach, however, is that bits are bits, and the same performance should be expected regardless of the type of input used, and so it proved.

While DSD64 and PCM up to 24-bit/192kHz are supported by all inputs, DSD128, DXD, and MQA are supported only on the network and USB inputs. For many years I’ve had an exaSound Delta music server connected to the USB input on my DV2, controlled by the Roon app. With the DV2i, I can still see my music on the Delta server through the network input but also stream from Qobuz. Furthermore, I can control the DV2i’s volume setting or mute it through the Roon app on my phone.

Lynn reviews the Noble Audio Knight, an affordable tribrid IEM with a 10mm dynamic driver, single BA, and Piezo super tweeter configuration. It is priced at $289. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or status. I thank Noble Audio for their support. Click here to read more about Noble Audio products we have previously featured on Headfonics. This article follows our latest scoring guidelines, which you can read in 

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Racks aside, I’ve had scant success, or just rotten luck, with vibration-control devices. It’s certainly not for lack of trying. As a much younger man, I once placed two computer keyboard–type wrist pads, each about the size of a turkey sub, under my EAR 859 integrated amp. When I gave the amp a push, it jiggled reassuringly. Sitting down to listen, I heard an improvement that was, literally, stunning: a massive expansion of the soundfield, more detail and texture, faster transients, and a smoother, more musical personality. I felt like a genius, but only for another day. That’s how long it took for the memory gel in the pads to compress to their new shape under the amplifier and for the benefits to evaporate.