Optimised USB isolation explainedThe correct place to isolate the digital audio signals & gain the maximum sonic benefit, is on the incoming USB signals & NOT on the I2S...
Changes to SPDIF.The MK3 evolved from the thought that the SPDIF transmitter chip (DIT4192) runs off 5V power - if I replaced this with a WMM8804 which...
A Hiface further improvedThe move to a JK Hiface MK2 was precipitated by my nagging awareness that the MK1 still had some improvements outstanding that could be...
Battery PowerI'd recently found out about a new type of battery designed for electric vehicles - a LiFePO4 battery (that's lithium ferrophosphate for...
Early Days - Hiface ModificationsWhile getting on with changes to the Musiland, I was hearing stories about the Hiface sounding so much better than the Musiland. So I got...
First StepsI started looking into asynchronous USB-SPDIF converters after I came across the Musiland 01 device. I'd heard asynchronous USB was a...