Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC

My eagerly awaited Octave came this week and out of the box, I thought it sounded a little subdued, a bit bright. My system consists of a 4 way active horn setup with all tube amps( 3 SETs, 1PP) and I listen to Diyhifi Satch Dac with tube output stage in NOS mode for RBCD. Left it playing in my music room for a while and came back later ( 1 hour) to no music in the room. Found a dead Octave. No blown fuse in power supply or burnt parts that I can see. Back it goes to the maker and more waiting. Pretty annoyed :(

I have to say Metrum was quick to respond to my query. Cees said he would give it priority to get it sorted and send it back to me ASAP.

I got my Metrum Octave back a few days ago. Metrum was very good dealing with the problem I had in terms communication, return and update over the period afflicted with custom clearance delay etc.

Anyway, it is here and I'm really enjoying it as RBCD only. Highly resolving, quite refined and big soundstage. In time, I intend to setup a MacMini -USB SPDIF front end to try out the hi-res material but as it is, I'm really enjoying the RBCD performance even in the early stage. Vinyl is my main playback choice but I also listen to a DIYHiFI supply Satch NOS Dac with tube output stage and YDA1B Dac. My setup is Supratek Chenin 2010 spec or Cary SLP-05 preamp into a 4 way Azura horn setup with Accuphase F-25 active crossover for quad amping ( all SETs except for push pull for the 15" woofers). Very good value IMO.

Btw, what happened to the other thread specifically about the Octave? It got wiped.

Lewinskih01,

Not the first time and won't be the last. Seen it too many times already.
A pity a thread about Yamamoto Dac is becoming the thread to find out info on the Metrum. I won't be surprised if this one disappears too. I'm well aware of the reported nice pairing with Audiophilieo 2 and even better with the more costly Off-Ramp thanks to one enthusiastic Aussie user.nSomething to chew over.

Charles,
I was a little concerned about the potential performance of the RBCD as most of the good report is about the hi-res playback but i am glad it is working out well as it is.