David:
I had the full dCS suite alongside the Meitner CDSD/DCC2 combo. The dCS was very, very good overall, providing excellent transparency and detail, but I thought it was a little brittle sounding and lean, and the bass wasn't as resolved as I thought it would be. The Meitner, on the other hand, was just as transparent (if not more so) and far more natural sounding. That's just my experience, of course, and many will probably differ. In addition, the dCS needs four boxes to accomplish what the Meitner does in two. That's not a small consideration for those of us who are space challenged. At any rate, both the Meitner and dCS are state of the art. The Reimyo is as well, but the sound isn't really to my taste. And it doesn't have SACD. I don't have much experience with Accuphase gear, other than some friends who have owned their digital gear have had mixed opinions about it.
I had the full dCS suite alongside the Meitner CDSD/DCC2 combo. The dCS was very, very good overall, providing excellent transparency and detail, but I thought it was a little brittle sounding and lean, and the bass wasn't as resolved as I thought it would be. The Meitner, on the other hand, was just as transparent (if not more so) and far more natural sounding. That's just my experience, of course, and many will probably differ. In addition, the dCS needs four boxes to accomplish what the Meitner does in two. That's not a small consideration for those of us who are space challenged. At any rate, both the Meitner and dCS are state of the art. The Reimyo is as well, but the sound isn't really to my taste. And it doesn't have SACD. I don't have much experience with Accuphase gear, other than some friends who have owned their digital gear have had mixed opinions about it.