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Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Hi All.

Putting together a reference level system.
My Source is predominantly standard 16/44 played from a MacMini using iTunes and Amarra. Some of my music is purchased from iTunes and the rest is ripped from standard CD's.
For my tastes in music, my high def catalogues are still limited; so Redbook 16/44 will be my primary source for quite some time.

I'm not spending DCS or MSB money. But $15-20k retail is not out of the question.

Upsampling vs non-upsampling?
USB input vs SPDIF?

All opinions welcome.

And I know I need to hear them, but getting these ultra $$$ DAC's into your house for an audition ain't easy.

Looking for musical, emotional, engaging, accurate , with great dimension. Not looking for analytical and sterile.
mattnshilp
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charles1dad
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Seems the Trenner Friedl distributor is being upfront and honest. When I heard the TF Ra box it was uniquely different sounding from virtually every other speaker I heard at the show in similar rooms. If their ISIS shares a house sound it will be very lifelike, emotionally connecting and excel in presence. In comparison most speakers sound canned and somewhat sterile. The chosen ancillary equipment obviously matters.
Charles,
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ctsooner
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Matt heading off to Japan for two weeks. Wish i could follow this closer, lol. Great luck my friend and enjoy.
wisnon
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Good stuff Matt.

It may ony be YOUR opinion, but its still very valuable to the rest of us. This demo expedition presents us with useful reference points.

The crowning glory will be if I am ever in your neck of the woods to hear your system and so hone in more closely to your auditory tastes.
wisnon
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The new ProLogos Mk2 Wireless has redesigned software and is supposed to be a real stepup up from Mk1(now obsolete) but costs a cool $15K more. Indeed, they dont say Mk2, as its the only one now available.

Yes, each box includes the same drivers found in the $600K Apologues and has 2 Telos amps built in and Alize Dacs with wireless receivers:
The blurb...

"The Goldmund ProLogos is the most dynamic speaker ever produced by Goldmund, with a stereo capability of more than 120dB / 1M, coming from a diminutive box of half a meter high."

"The Goldmund ProLogos active version uses two Telos Amplifiers of a newest design in each speaker, with a very high power transformer. It provides the highest Acoustical Grounding ratio ever achieved in any Goldmund product, which guarantees extreme control of the drivers by the electronics at high playback level.

The Goldmund ProLogos active version incorporates a complete correction of amplitude, phase and time with its new Leonardo2 DSP program. It is ultra-compact (500x288x392mm) and fully built in metal."

Goldmund speakers are designed entirely in the software domain with the outstanding Proteus sotware, which is also capable of DRC without the use of microphones. Proteus can accept input of up to 44,000 parameters.

The only thing to really cause a gulp, apart from the retail price is how these small Monitors can cause such thunderous/explosive high quality sound (SPL max of 120db).
agear
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I know Lampizator Lucasz is a big Goldmund fan:

And last thing - one might say that I have a prejudice against Goldmund - but I don't. I simply cant stand the bullshit of their marketing. I think that everybody and every business has a right to bullshit people just a little, but goldmund is really pushing it to the edge.

http://lampizator.eu/Munich/Munich%20High%20End.html

Very funny stuff....
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