I have been privy to some listening tests where a battery powered Hi Face via I2S was compared to any transport we could get a hold of - Wadia, Stello I2S, heavily modified battery powered Marantz and other stuff I can't recall off the top of my head. They are fell. For example on Dianna Krall Case Of You you could hear the foot pedals on the piano and its timbre was correct - on the transports it had TIM. Before this many people had tried to take on the Marantz mentioned previously with various transports and computer audio. They left humbled - I know I was one of them. But the Hi Face bested it - and easily so.
The system was extremely revealing - speakers - ML3 Reference - they are lined with steel and fully tricked out with Duelund VSF Copper capacitors, the DAC a PDX Level 2 and amps MAC 501's.
Thanks
Bill
The system was extremely revealing - speakers - ML3 Reference - they are lined with steel and fully tricked out with Duelund VSF Copper capacitors, the DAC a PDX Level 2 and amps MAC 501's.
Thanks
Bill