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Anyone compared Tidal Presencio to FM Acoustic FM 266?

I finally heard Tidal Presencio in Taipei Hi-End show one week ago, and met Jorn in person, he told me there is new model of pre-amp is on the road, it can reach 97% performance of Presencio at friction of the price, yet single ended, no balanced I/O, let's wait and see.

I recently had the opportunity to upgrade my Tidal Preos pre-amp to the latest version, Preos-D. I have listened to the Tidal premier Presencio, which has incredible sound and conveys all the emotion one would expect from this ultra-high-end phono and pre amplifier, but the Preos-D does get much of the performance and at more “affordable” cost.

In addition to the MC-phono section, that truly does sound amazing in its clarity and presence, the Preos-D includes a non-oversampling ladder DAC along with the line level inputs. I did not expect to utilize the DAC since I have a dCS Puccini, which has a built-in DAC. During an audition at Doug White’s Studio (The Voice That Is), we decided to do a comparison between the two DACs. Much to my surprise, the Tidal DAC even bettered the sound from a PCM source, offering more presence than the Puccini RCA analog outs directly into the preamp.

For all those who are enjoying the Tidal Preos, the Preos-D is a nice improvement and the DAC can make a significant improvement in the enjoyment of PCM sources.

How do you like your new Tidal Contriva G2 loudspeakers?

With over one hundred hours of listening on the new speakers, I can report that the Contriva G2s are outstanding. While I enjoyed the the Tidal Piano Diaceras very much, the G2s offer more transparency, better imaging and a seamless soundstage. And of course, with the larger drivers, the G2s can go deeper into the lower frequencies. Its now all about the music.