Dartzeel 108


Hello,

Right now i’m feeling the urge to upgrade my system again. Currently I have a Mark Levinson 390s directly link to GamuT D200 driving JM lab micro utopia (be). My listening room is moderately small (about 20 m2).
I do like the system, it’s very fast, punchy, with a huge sound stage. But something is missing, it’s not refined. Reading the reviews, I think I’ll have everything that gamut delivers plus a sweet refined sound.

Have anyone tried the combo jmlab micro utopia be with dartzeel ? (neither the less I’ll listen to this combo second of feb).

I have to confess that I have some kind of fetish for amps, that is , is always the first audio gear that I upgrade.

Moving to DartZeel will be the first step of my upgrade, then speakers to finish with source. So, as I’m waiting to have budget to move everything up, I’ll have to live possibly with dartzeel micro utopia and 390s.

Thanks in advance,
Rodrigo Carvalho
vaipe

Showing 1 response by mikelavigne

hi Rodrigo,

i've not tried the darTZeel NHB-108NS/JM Labs Micro Utopia Be combo; however i have listened to the dart with a number of speaker systems and have listened to the Micro Utopia Be a number of times and i do have an opinion on how the combination likely would sound.

the Micro Utopia Be is a very transparent sounding speaker, that Be tweeter does not suffer 'ordinary, decent sounding' amps happily. it demands naturalness and refinement and will pay those characteristics back with high level performace in spades. at 89db efficiency and a 8 ohm load the dart's 100+ watts should drive the Micro Utopia nicely. and amps do not get more refined or have sweeter more transparent mids and highs than the dart. the dart also has wonderful microdynamics that the Micro Utopia will communicate accurately.

i would be surprised if this combo was not special. and if your sources or speakers are upgraded the dart will always be a worthy match for any additional performance.

one additional note; the dart 108 is reported to be an ideal mate for the Magico Mini II; which is 84db efficient, 4 ohm load (assuming the right medium to small sized room). i think the Micro Utopia Be might be a similar type sounding speaker (but much easier to drive) if not at the same level as the Mini II.