It's kind of amazing how much free rent space ASR takes up in people's heads. If it's such a worthless site, why talk about it at all? I have a theory...
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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@hilde45 ARe you saying that you drank the Koolaid?
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The ASR review came out in May and I bought the 005 in June. I had been following a few threads on the 005 for about 6 months while I was trying to decide on which Dac to purchase. So, no the ASR review didn't dissuade me from purchasing it. I valued all of the actual user comments on their experiences with it over the measurements and quirks that Amir posted. I did have the Topping D70s when the Musetec 005 arrived so, I was able to A/B them directly. The Musetec sounded better to my ears and that's all that matters. I will also comment that I am a fan of Topping gear with my Altec A7 due to the extremely low noise floor of their products. I have just done an A/B with the Topping A90 Discrete versus the Border Patrol EXT 1 and Rogue Audio RP-7 and I'm keeping the Topping. In the same system I also A/B'd the Border Patrol S10 with Dual EXS power supply units, Sophia Electric 91-01 300B, Classe Cam 200 monoblocks and Topping LA90. I'm keeping the LA90. I keep an open mind...... and ears to help me select my components. |
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