Anyone upgrade to the Merason Dac1 mkii?

@choiceaudio - Within moments, I could tell the upgrade to the MKii version was well worth it. If someone has the funds, I'd strongly recommend pursuing the upgrade. Some day, if things go to plan, I'll hopefully be able to come and visit your showroom and demo the AudioNet amps. 

@zlone - I'll share my impressions in a few weeks, for sure. It might feel like hyperbole, but it almost feels like an entirely new audio component. Everything across the board goes up a notch. 

What are the RCA outputs like for Merason dacs? The DAC1 and Reuss has fully discrete balanced output, with 4 stages. But sometimes for the SE output a manufacturer will treat SE as an afterthought, and use cheap summing op-amps for the SE output.

So what the deal with Merason? Do they do this? Maybe @choiceaudio can chime in here.

@agisthos  Just noticed your post and sent your questions into the manufacturer. 

 Here is there response:  "no summing via opamp or other means.  The RCA outputs correspond to the hot conductor of the balanced signal"

Hope that helps!  

Cheers,

Choice Audio

@wig hi, did you compare the Merason DAC1 mk2 with other dacs in the meanwhile? thanks

@davenrk

I owned a Tube SW1X Dac III DHT for a few years and loved it but the Merason matched its sound quality and added more top end sparkle. The Laiv Harmony Dac was also quite good in my system but didn’t have the transparency or soundstage width/depth of the Merason...

Wig