A strategy that never failed me: avoid like a plague what ASR recommends. And, put in your “watch lists” for auditions what ASR bashes. It works like a charm. Every single time.
Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind?
A little over a year ago, after seeing so many glowing reviews of the 005 on this and other fora, I bought the DAC and thought it made a great improvement over my Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ (which I now use on my #2 system). Recently, I came across the ASR review, which concludes that the 005 is a piece of crap. I know that ASR has a dubious (at best) reputation in this forum, but I wonder if its review has caused anyone to have second thoughts about the Musetec. I confess I was initially concerned by questions like, why hasn't Musetec responded to the horrible ASR review, if it is inaccurate? But, then, every time I listen to my system with the 005 DAC in it, it sounds glorious. Obviously, the guidance, "trust what your hear" is important, but I'm not sure I'd be as trustful of my ears if the negative technical review came from, say, John Atkinson, who has far more professional legitimacy in measuring equipment. I confess I have one more than one occasion refrained from buying a certain item because of his test results. (Where I live, it is not feasible to listen to amps in stores before buying, and one quickly grows weary of buying and returning expensive equipment on line, especially equipment that does not have stellar subjective and objective accolades).
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This is extremely funny Cin!! Tell me please, what DAC do you currently own? Why do I have a feeling you will never say? Prove me wrong and I will eat crows |
For some reason (purely subjective) I envision a group of 20-30s old fat white males still writing code in mom’s basement who never got laid. Sorry if I offended someone by saying “fat”. Hereby defined as those who cannot see their junk looking down due to big belly
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