@fuzzbutt17 Is that a 2 chassis system. I got your e-mail and went and checked it out on your site. I seen a picture with two different sized chassis. Also you may want to put a picture of the power supply on the webesite. Its impressive to see all the transformers and chokes etc...
Six DAC Comparison
I am in the middle of comparing the sound of six different DACs in my system. I own them all (I know weird) but one of them is still within a trial/return timeframe.
Not to share specific comparisons today, but a couple of observations so far are that first, they all definitely sound different from each other. On one hand, they all sound pretty good and play what is fed to them without significant flaws but on the other hand there are definite sonic differences that make it easy to understand how a person might like the sound of some of them while not liking others.
Second, raises the observation that most of them must be doing something to shape the sound in the manner the designer intended since one of the DACs, a Benchmark DAC3 HGA, was described by John Atkinson of Stereophile as providing "state-of-the-art measured performance." In the review, JA closed the measurements section by writing, "All I can say is "Wow!" I have also owned the Tambaqui (not in my current comparison), which also measured well ("The Mola Mola Tambaqui offers state-of-the-digital-art measured performance." - JA). The Benchmark reminds me sonically of the Tambaqui, both of which are excellent sounding DACs.
My point is that if the Benchmark is providing "state-of-the-art measured performance," then one could reasonably presume that the other five DACs, which sound different from the Benchmark, do not share similar ’state-of-the-art" measurements and are doing something to subtly or not so subtly alter the sound. Whether a person likes what they hear is a different issue.
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@ brbrock The Mystique Z is a single chassis DAC built in the same chassis as our Mystique Y. What that graphic is showing is that the Mystique Z chassis is 1" lower than the Mystique X chassis allowing the distances in both the signal and power paths to be notably shorter. For example, the I2S wires between the digital input board and the analog output board have been shortened from 3.75" in the X to only 1.75" in the Z. No small difference. You're not the first person to ask this question. I'll add some text to the graphic to explain things better. |
Could you post links of M-z dac(or x) of LIVE recordings. Lots of tech talk means nothing to me. I want to hear it. Alex/WTA |
I’ve been enjoying my Mojo Mystique X-24AM for several months now. I think it does an incredible job and am very pleased with it’s musical performance. I will be the first to admit that I am very technically challenged, but I will try and post a few samples of the dac playing in one of my audio systems to try and give you a little flavor of what it might sound like. Please keep in mind... these are just amatuer recordings, using my iPhone with no external mic’s, simply handheld. Listening through a decent set of headphones will likely be more enjoyable than thru cellphone/laptop speakers. Lets give this a try and see if it works A sampling of some nice tenor sax...
Best wishes, Don |
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