Resolution Audio - Cantata

I dropped you an email to your question. But for the rest who are reading this thread I thought i would post it here as well.

To your question if I was still enjoying the Cantata:

"Absolutely!!! It is incredible! The sad thing is I have a Basis Debut with Vacuum, Vector arm, Walker motor drive, Koetsu Urishi, Cat Ultimate preamp, and tons of sweet new 45's heavy vinyl reissues, and I hardly listen to them! Ouch! That little dac is that good! It competes with my analog very well. The Basis is a tad better in some ways, but with 2 terabytes of lossless music to plow through on the Cantata it is hard to get up the effort to spin vinyl. I never thought I would see the day... "

It is a must hear piece of digital. I traded my Wadia 860 in towards this because I no longer listened to it. I also record local High School and College orchestras with an Alesis Masterlink at 24/96. I had no idea how much I had captured with my Earthworks mics and Earthworks Mic Pre until I played the tracks back through the Cantata. Wow, I just never thought digital could sound so right. Now my Otari MX 5050BIII sits idle as well. :)

Ken

I want one..Maybe I can convince my son not to go to college until next year :-)

Hi,

I agree with Ken. The Resolution Audio Cantata series products are absolutely fantastic sounding pieces! They look great as well. They sound great for both redbook and computer audio. A couple of weeks ago, I spent an afternoon demoing and comparing the Cantata Music Center and matching C-50 amplifier against the Great Northern Sound Reference modified Resolution Audio Opus 21 & matching S30 amplifier. IMHO, the new Cantata series is about 15% better sounding than the GNSC modded units, which are 15% better sounding than the stock units. I will be purchasing the Music Center in the next month or so.

Jeff Kalt is the Resolution Audio designer. He is an MIT graduate that specializes in high-end audio digital design. Over the years, he has designed digital sections for several well know high-end audio companies including BAT. He designs & makes great sounding gear that is practical and sanely priced. Resolution Audio's Opus 21 and S30 products are fantastic and are "giant-killers". Do yourself a favor and demo the Canata series products.

Long time since I have posted here! I concur with the above comments. I upgraded from the Opus 21 / s30 system to the Cantata system and could not be happier. The amp has a bit more breathing room and openness than the s30, but still retains the musicality of the DNM-based design. I use them with DNM cables and Harbeth P3ESR speakers. A great little (and beautiful) system.

Thanks for your responses. They all are very favorable. Keep them coming.