Another new DAC: Audio Mirror

@vassils

I understand your post but I completely disagree. What we count on from honest reviewers is to report their findings honestly.

I DO NOT trust anyone's memory of how a $25,000 dac sounded last year at a show to a $2,500 dac recently experienced in their system. If, however, the reviewer prefers the sound of a $2,500 dac to a $25,000 dac and BOTH were compared side by side over a period of time in the exact same system, that is EXACTLY what we are all looking for.

If I ever found out that a reviewer chose to withhold that opinion because he/she was afraid they might affect someone's sales then that reviewer would be scratched off my credibility list. YMMV

@teajay Totally impressed by your objectivity and open minded approach to our hobby. This should shut up those in the far left field bleachers who always claim that reviewers are “on the take”. Your exposure to this dac happened spontaneously here on Audiogon, Vlad sent you a dac and you posted an honest opinion. Kudos to you and to Vlad.

@vassils


We each hear what we hear and finding what we like is what’s most important. Your money, your preference.

@vassils you must have heard a Lampizator Golden Atlantic not an Atlantic. Additionally, if you preferred the Audio Mirror to a Golden Atlantic(TRP), something was definitely not right with the system in which the Golden Atlantic was playing. I’m not calling you out, I promise but something wasn’t functioning correctly.

The Audio Mirror is a great dac and I’m on record here on Audiogon saying so, but I know of no alternative universe where it can hang with the Golden Atlantic.