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| New DAC with streamer @deep_333 I am unfamiliar with Denafrips, Shiit or Bricastis’s P&L. I do not know their margins, expenses or cost structures beyond the prices they charge me. You are correct that many consumer direct companies and Chinese manufacturers offe... | |
| Rockna Wavelight Music Server I am one of the US dealers. I have it here. The unit is very nice sounding and easy to setup. Happy to answer any questions. | |
| New DAC with streamer If you like the PS Audio DSD, my customers usually move to one of three brands depending on budget. Meitner MA3, Playback Designs or Bricasti. The M1 has been a popular choice but the M21 is awesome in that it is an M1 S2 AND it has the R2R. re... | |
| Weiss 501 DAC I have found the Antipodes K50 and Oladra are a step up from the internal streamer. If you have an external server, K22 as an endpoint would likely be a step up. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I have been crazy busy these past two weeks. We had a Halloween party for my 5YO daughter and had more than 20 kids at the house. Still cleaning up. Will test 204 this weekend. I also have the Innuos Pulsar and Pulse Mini in and a DAC in a... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? in an A/B test with a switch, anyone can easily spot the difference between DACs. When listening to them at different times and further removed, this can be more challenging and there are specific things I look for. Width of the soundstage. Ins... | |
| dCS Bartok Apex vs any similar priced DAC The Playback MPD-8 lacks the on-board streamer. That said, I had a customer do a direct compare (in-home demo) of the Bartok Apex vs the MPD-6 from Playback and he opted for the Playback. His perspective was that detail was a push but the stagin... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @earthbound Thank you for the kind words. This is energizing and makes me want to test more gear. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @pgastone So...I have the 204 but have yet to do a critical listening test. It is fully broken in as the unit has been out to a couple customers. It will be back this week. I did spend a brief period of time with it and it is very good soundi... | |
| CD Transport Did you know that Bricasti just released the M19 SACD transport that will work with your M1 S2? it is not inexpensive at $10K list but will match aesthetically and supports SACD and CD. Just thought I would share since this is pretty new news. I ... | |
| Best Dedicated Streamer I have physically had the Grimm vs Antipodes. Grimm is lovely but has limited outputs (AES only) and is at its best upscaling. I don’t know the Canary DAC well. If it is best with a bit perfect signal that is not upscaled, Grimm is a poor choic... | |
| CD players, 5-6K I would check out the Marantz SA-1 which, although a little older, is a killer device. Another option is the CANOR CD 1.10. Very good DAC with a tube output stage and a quality transport | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @richh84 I don't have a plan right now to test the Berkeley DACs. I am not a Berkeley dealer and have not had a chance to get one in on trade. I have heard very good things about them but can't say I have ever heard one of their DACs. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @richh84 So...this is tough. My feeling is the Playback MPD 8 with the MPT 8 transport is going to give you the most musical experience. There is something incredibly musical and soulful about the Playback DACs and they are at their very best wi... | |
| Preamp shootout: Linear tube audio, Modwright, etc. Sorry I missed this guys. The stock tubes from AVM are good sounding and extremely quiet but are not great in terms of detail and imaging. Staging is enhanced with good NOS tubes in every direction. I find depth is most enhanced by Mazdas. ... |