I notice the Lab 12 DAC1 has been around for at least 5 years. Does anyone know if it's changed in any meaningful way?
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I felt strongly that I wanted to inform the Gon members about a new DAC that ranks with the very best on the market regarding performance, but costs around $2,000.00. The Lab12 DAC1 SE was compared to three reference level DACS that retail for over $12.000.00 in my review for hometheaterreview.com and was at least on the same level sonicly, if not better. This DAC from Greece is not just "good for the money" but competes with virtually anything on the market regardless of price!
For all the details about the Lab12 DAC1 SE performance and what other DACS it was compared to take a look at the review. If you are shopping/looking for a new digital front end to drive your system, you owe it to yourself to check this DAC out, unless you like to spend tons of more $ without getting better performance.
For all the details about the Lab12 DAC1 SE performance and what other DACS it was compared to take a look at the review. If you are shopping/looking for a new digital front end to drive your system, you owe it to yourself to check this DAC out, unless you like to spend tons of more $ without getting better performance.
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@teajay thanks for your reply. It's a little confusing as they seem to have been using the same nomenclature for a long time (in DAC years). It would be interesting to know more about the improvements - I might reach out to the company directly, as you suggest. https://youtu.be/_FWuquRmMVA |
Has the Lab 12 DAC1 SE been born again? Still wondering why all the fuss over a 5 year old DAC. Not saying being 5 years old is necessarily a bad thing, just can’t understand the comments about it being "new". It’s not the only DAC with great reviews that uses the cheap Philips chip - the Border Patrol DAC is another. |
@mzkmxcv That's great to hear. So what exactly are the variables that actually matter in order to achieve better sonic performance? Loudspeakers? Presumably they matter The rest? Not really So rather than "everything matters" you would be proponent of "nothing matters"? (except your choice of speakers) |