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Thanks for the replies, W4S and Randy. While I am curious to hear what the Recovery can do, I am reluctant to add a powered device and the resulting potential for noise/distortion to the digital data stream (one of the things I like about the AQ JitterBug is that it is passive). If I can find a W4S dealer that offers an in-home trial, I would be inclined to try the Recovery. Thanks again.
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GreenMtnGringo.......If I am not mistaken, Wyred 4 Sound offers a 30 day money back guarantee.
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"We do offer a 30-day money-back guarantee on most Wyred 4 Sound products. We would hope that when you make a buying decision, it is a buy-to-keep, not buy-to-try decision. Due to our low prices and inability to handle returns, we have to attach a 15% restocking fee for those who decide they’re completely dissatisfied with our products. If you choose to return the original product on an exchange basis (without paying a restocking fee) the return policy is not valid on the exchanged unit...." https://wyred4sound.com/terms-and-conditions I noticed that W4S dealer Hi-Fi Heaven sells the Recovery on Amazon, apparently with the standard Amazon return policy (which does not appear to impose a restocking fee). |
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I have never heard of anyone who was not pleased with what the Recovery has done to their USB music. I even ripped all of my Redbook CD's and play them from my music server which allows them to gain the improvements from the Recovery!!!
I later added the iFi iPower adapter which is an even better power supply than the solid one that W4S includes. So you can improve it even more if you later want to. |
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I am sensing overwhelming enthusiasm for the W4S Recovery and that causes me to want to hear what it can do. I am just a little bewildered by the number of well-reviewed USB add-ons that have come out recently and the pace at which they are coming out. First, it was the JitterBug; then it was the Regen and the Wyrd; next, it was the Recovery and the Intona; and the current hot item appears to be the Sonore microRendu (sorry if I have forgotten any!). An outsider looking at all this might assume that USB audio on its own is bad and needs fixing. The funny thing is, I think it sounds pretty darn good as it is!
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I don't hear much difference - why?
Hello - I just registered although I have been quietly reading various threads here.
I hope that someone is still monitoring this thread. I have a W4S DAC-2 DSDse with Femto clock and an iFi nano DSD. I recently purchased the W4S Recovery based on various comments here and on other sites. The RUR has about 100 hours on it. When I first received it, I really could not tell much of a difference using headphones on my iFi nano DSD. So I played music through it until around 100 hours and again listened to it on the nano and again not much difference. I connected it to the W4S DAC-2 DSDse in my main stereo system and I noticed a subtle difference. However, nothing close the the extent that has been discussed in these threads. I do not have extremely expensive USB cables. I am still using the original power supply and the short USB cable that came with the RUR. I tried using a 2 m Oyaide NEO d+ USB Class A cable and 1 m Straight Wire USB cable. The Straight Wire cable may have been marginally better. So I'd like to know what I am missing? You'd think that you would not require expensive USB cables to hear the improvement. After all, the RUR is supposed to clean things up. Obviously, I am missing something. Could there be something wrong with my RUR? Maybe 100 hours isn't enough? I cannot seem to edit my profile so I cannot enter my equipment so here it is when using the RUR: Windows Laptop using foobar2000 ASIO -> RUR -> W4S DSDse -> ARC LS25 -> 2 ARC VT100 MkII -> Martin Logan SL3s Thanks, Walter Last edited by birdland; 08-07-2016 at 11:14 PM. Reason: Grammar! |
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