Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Wisnon,

Guessing here, but a Lampi perhaps? It all really depends on what you are after for sure.

and attempt to get my attention to the new posts not the first posts.

Just for your information of Vapor Audio speakers.

Nust Montrivasuwat
"We are at NikStudio, Bangkok, Thailand used to order the speakers from this bad guy 2 year ago & never received the order so now we have to take legal action against this Vapor Audio Speaker company to have my money refund (only $1680.00).This kind of company should have a lesson & no longer be in business for ever.Be carefull"

Paul, that is my point!

When budgets are very high and options are not restricted, it comes down to the sound that most pleases the purchaser.

This is why what Matt is doing is so great. He is taking his time to sample all the wares and will select what he likes best. It wont be the same choice we would all make, but in his journey that he documents, we get to have an inkling of his tatstes and idiosyncracies and so get a flavour of what some of these components are like. This can help us to screen for the charactereistecs we like and narrow our own search.

At this level...all the components are excellent, but some will suit us more than others.

And to answer your question...yes..its was a Golden Gate.

Vyokyong- thank you for your input. It's a shame so many of these horror stories about Vapor are on the Internet. Vapor and Salk seam to use similar drivers in different configurations. But Salk has nothing but raves of his humble nature, responsiveness, product quality and reliable delivery. While Vapor has great show presence and does have a strong following but also has this dark side on the Internet. If I am interpreting Vapor's issue correctly I believe that he probably handles most of his product and shipment without issue but when conflict or miscommunication exist he may not handle it well and let's his temper get the best of him; and because of the ease of the Internet those interaction are quick to make the front page (so to speak).

I can say that I have met them twice at shows and they have been very professional and put together very good rooms overall.

My impression with Vapor is to make sure everything is well laid out and there are no miscommunications. I have never read anything bad about product quality, just posts like the one above....

With that said, I'd very much like to avoid turning this fun thread into one of twenty Vapor obsessed threads that become nothing more then pissing matches.

So let's keep the Vapor talk to the Vapor threads please. I mentioned them as a point of review of the quality of sound in their room. That was all.