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RE: Probably not good enough to notice 0.0002% THD and IMD ;-)

Well, we can certainly define "accuracy" in audio components: The least damage to the signal.

Tube preamps all produce substantial distortion, relatively small but not after subsequent amplification down the line, and transformer coupling (I don't recall if the Cary is TX-coupled) causes very substantial bandwidth-limitation and resultant phase-shift.

(The very audible effect of TX output stage of the DirectStream DAC I used to run was one of the reasons I got rid of it.)

"On a related note that wasn't detailed, did you compare the Freya+ vs Kara in Passive vs Passive mode? Any difference?"

I never compared the two side-by-side, but in passive mode the two should be identical. No gain stage in the circuit. I guess the only differences might be due to inference from the different power supplies - likely of tiny/no factor since I think Schiit knows what they're doing in that regard...


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