BRICASTI M3 DAC

Musicmann 1, we have the new M3 on display and it is absolutely fanatsic sounding,

The soundstage is very deep as well as wide, the tonality is neutral with a bit of warmth, not sterile nor bright, overall resolution is superb.

We have not yet tried the headphone amp stage, we have tried it directly to a power amp and that too sounded great.

Please feel free to reach out to us.

Dave and Troy

The reality is that the newer M3 sounds more musical with a slightly less resolving presentation than the more expensive M1. 

The new M3 is one of the most musical dacs we have heard and its feature set is amazing:

1: straight Dac
2: dac with network card
3: dac with analog volume control with remote
4: dac with headphone amplifier.

Out of all of our dacs collection which includes Aqua, Ifi, Lumin, Naim, Light Harmonic, T+A,  the M3 is just a fantastic performer for its price point and unique feature set. 

The T+A DAC 8 is also fantastic but the headphone amp on the Bricasti is better and the M3 can allow for a Roon connection and direct streaming.

Overall we are thrilled that the Bricasti M3 is so good for a reasonable price point for a near reference calibre dac.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Bricasti dealers

Ajm we obviously have both of these great dacs, they offer a lot of similar features. 

Both have analog volume controls, both have separate DSD and PCM decoding engines, both have headphone amps.

The Bricasti does sound amazing if you feed the DAC 8 DSD 512 DSD then the Dac 8 will offer superior sound quality, if not the Bricasti will sound better on every other format. 

The T+A is also a bit less expensive $4,500.00 vs $7,500.00 for the comparable Bricasti, if money isn't the issue than go for the Bricasti, if not the DAC 8 DSD is just fantastic for the money.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Bricasti and T+A dealers

Ajm the M3 is $5,500.00  for a stock M3 no options
              add   $   500.00 for headphone amp option
              add   $1,000.00 for network card option
              add   $   500.00 for volume control remote and board upgrade

              That totals $7,500.00 for a fully loaded unit comparable, if you subtracted the network card option as the T+A dac 8 doens't have that option you would be at $6,500.00 for a comparable feature set.

Hope that helps

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Bricasti, and T+A dealers

Most filter options are very subtle.