Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Hi Norm, I agree with you... If you have already evaluated in your own system a well broken in Merrill Veritas, Bel canto Black, Rowland Continuum S2, Daemon, and M825 in your system, and found them all to fall short of your nirvanic goals, then it is probably worth while for you to table bothering with class D technology for a couple of years longer. G. |
I am getting another MSB DAC from MSB with a different filter to see if I like that better. Not sure exactly what product it will be. I will keep you all posted. Also should be able to get my hands on the Berkeley Reference DAC shortly as well. I want to let it burn in for a few hundred hours before I borrow it from my neighbor. But it's definitely arriving next Monday to him. I'll compare the Berk and the MSB directly. And I still have the Emm Labs dac2x sound fresh in my mind. Also hoping to get some time tomorrow morning to compare the Aurender n10 and my Mac mini. The N10 has been cooking for about 120 hours. Stay tuned. |
Interesting Mattnshilp, the Berkeley have also now with their Reference Dac has gone back to Multibit as well as the MSB, they were both into Delta Sigma (1 Bit) only a couple f years ago. It will be interesting how they stack up against each other as the EMM Labs is Delta Sigma, all doing RedBook From Berkeley "Alpha DAC Reference Series, use multi-bit D/A converters because they provide better performance than 1-bit converters - even DAC’s who advertise “native” DSD compatibility." Cheers George |
Interesting review on the $16k Berkeley Reference Multibit Dac, from Absolute Sounds. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/berkeley-audio-design-alpha-dac-reference-series/ Cheers George |
