Has anyone heard the BACCH-SP "purifier" 3D audiophile imager?
I can't post a URL here, but you can find information about this device on the Theoretica Web site.
Robert Harley, John Atkinson, & .other celebrity reviewers (Andrew Quint in TAS as recently as last January) have given this box high praise. Apparently, it's some sort of DSP that allegedly creates a breathtaking holographic 3D soundstage from two-channel content.
Yes, virtual surround processors have been around since, jeez, at least the 1990s, but this one purports to be a truly high-end device, including an audiophile-grade (whatever that means) DAC, 31-band equalizer, binaural recording capabilities, & ADC. But for 25 grand, I'd expect it to also clean your records & wash your socks.
I'm kinda skeptical at this point, but better ears than mine have heaped high praise indeed. Has anybody here actually heard a unit work on their own systems with familiar 2-channel content?
Now I'm curious and maybe I will shift things around to get more of a nearfield listening experience, I'm dubious, though. My desktop planar magnetics produce a nearly 100% nearfiedl listenign experience and I don't hear the 3D-soundfield FX described in the BACCH reviews. I'll have to looik into this $1000 software option, although I have no idea how I'd integrate it into my computer-less Harbeth system. |
The BAACH software will need hardware to run like a MAC. I too am looking at the BAACH 4MAC as their 20k+ hardware option is out of my budget. But since I have a DAC/streamer that connects directly to the Ethernet, not sure is BAACH can be used in my setup. I asked BAACH manufacturer Theoretica by email, but they never replied |
kennyc - They were quite responsive when I had some questions for them. This is the email address I used: info@theoretics.us Hopefully a follow-up nudge helps if they have not gotten back to you as of yet. |
