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And the right diet will lower your cholesterol faster than any statin can and with no side effects.
Unfortunately that approach doesn't work for everyone, including me. After 4 years on a very healthy diet, my cholesterol was still too high. For people like me, it's genetics. I had to resort to statins and Omega 3 pills. Now my cholesterol level is low.
But please do some more research on cholesterol. Too low cholesterol causes heart attacks. High triglycerides causes heart attacks much quicker than high cholesterol. Cutting out all of the grains and fructose from your diet lowers bad cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglycerides. It also keeps you from getting diabetes, which is now rampant. It has nothing to do with genetics. That is a medical lie to keep you on their drugs.Sorry to go off track on the subject.
$139 is gone gone gone... Had to take a reverse mortgage out on the house to get in at $159. Regards,Randy
Tom, please keep preaching it. We are in perfect agreement. As to Omega 3, please make sure that its Parent seed oil (flaxseed) and NOT fish oil (derivatives Omega 3=bad). Omega 3 MUST be taken in balance with Omega 6 too, roughly 1:2 ratio!The body has NO regulatory mechanism for cholesterol and without cholesterol you die. Cholesterol is the transport mechanism that patches arterial walls. Lower it with drugs (not natural) and you risk medium rupture of said walls and even death.End of rant now.
Has anyone seen this DSD DAC board?
Back on topic, please. (the hijack was educational, though)Well, as all of you know the DSD DAC market is exploding, with the latest being a few new units being introduced by the DSD grandfather himself, Sony. And affordable (er, cheap!) DSD is coming with things like the Geek headphone DAC. Well, now Schiit has hit the DSD fan with their new Loki, a $149 (yes, $149) DSD-only DAC that does two interesting things:1) DSD only, allowing proper DSD filtering at the analog end, all the while..2) allowing your PCM dac to pass through untouched via a front button (PCM passthrough same as HT passthrough)Time will tell whether their passthrough is clean enough, but suffice it to say that a $149 investment is low enough for most people to "dip their toes" into DSD. And this "horses for course" approach of having a DSD-only design is theoretically quite sound (pun intended) and becoming a reality at places like Lampizator. Frankly, I think it si a reason why more DAC mfgers haven't gone DSD; they see it as a completely different analog stage design and don't want to compromise their stellar PCM playback. Schiit availability TBA. Thanks to John Darko and DigitalAudioReview for the headsup and picture (and Wisnon/Norman here on AC).
Again, this is ONLY DSD, and is to be used with another PCM DAC. it has a passthorugh (which still doesn't address how to do 2 live USB connections!)
The USB made me think....for 149$ good price...now the subjective definition of DAC will start coming in...V
Schiit now has the DAC on its website, and more than imply it is ready for shipment. Looks like a proprietary USB driver. Their approach (and user manual) is light, fuill of humor, and frankly refreshing.http://schiit.com/products/loki
Pass thru for the PCM Dac output! That is how it piggybacks on your old Dac. Ted did say he hopes its transparent!
