Yup, but again, this thread is about the best DAC's and the Codex and Yiggy aren't in that discussion as Matt's thrown out before. last note and I'll join a new thread if you start it, those DAC's sound pretty different to most folks who have heard both. I'm surprised that you didn't hear a difference the second time.
For anyone who reads my thoughts on sound, I like a coherent sound (this is why I love and own Vandersteen's (now the Quatro's) that has no smearing and is full range. I must have a realistic sound stage and imaging. Tonality, time and pace of the music are also paramount. For some reason, I can't listen to a system that is too hot on top. That doesn't mean not extended, it means not distorted.
Yes, Vandersteen's to me are the best speaker I've heard, but IRT electronics, as much as I love Ayre and own Ayre, I also like a lot of other gear. I have recently owned Steven Nuggent's DAC and found it to be outstanding. As dynamic as you could get at the time and very extended. Never etched though. It wasn't nearly as liquid in the mids though and I like the Ayre much better because of it.
Hopefully that explains my posts and why I don't like many of the very expensive DAC;s on the market (I do love plenty of them though, lol).
Matt and I speak on a fairly regular basis and yes I'm planing on getting down there in the near future. We like a lot of the same sound, but like all of us, hear a bit differently. It will be interesting to hear what he finally has put in place.
I know that a few companies will be coming back to the US market within the next year and they will bring very high end DAC's in and I can't wait to hear them also. This thread should be going for a long long time, lol.
For anyone who reads my thoughts on sound, I like a coherent sound (this is why I love and own Vandersteen's (now the Quatro's) that has no smearing and is full range. I must have a realistic sound stage and imaging. Tonality, time and pace of the music are also paramount. For some reason, I can't listen to a system that is too hot on top. That doesn't mean not extended, it means not distorted.
Yes, Vandersteen's to me are the best speaker I've heard, but IRT electronics, as much as I love Ayre and own Ayre, I also like a lot of other gear. I have recently owned Steven Nuggent's DAC and found it to be outstanding. As dynamic as you could get at the time and very extended. Never etched though. It wasn't nearly as liquid in the mids though and I like the Ayre much better because of it.
Hopefully that explains my posts and why I don't like many of the very expensive DAC;s on the market (I do love plenty of them though, lol).
Matt and I speak on a fairly regular basis and yes I'm planing on getting down there in the near future. We like a lot of the same sound, but like all of us, hear a bit differently. It will be interesting to hear what he finally has put in place.
I know that a few companies will be coming back to the US market within the next year and they will bring very high end DAC's in and I can't wait to hear them also. This thread should be going for a long long time, lol.