Anyone heard the Unison Unico Due cdp ?


Having made up my mind to purchase a SimAudio Neo 260D transport and Shiit Yggy, a friend has told me that the most recent local audio club meeting featured a demo of this Unico player. Apparently, all in attendance were floored by its musicality.  No-one wanted to talk gear-- they just wanted to listen. I'd intended to get away from tubes (having replaced my Jolida tubed integrated with a ss Wells Audio Majestic, which has proven to be a terrific choice). However, my friend's enthusiasm for the Italian cdp/dac/streamer is forcing me to reconsider. . . Anyone out there have any experience with this piece?
stuartk
Stuartk, We have been a Unison Research dealer for many years.

The CDE is one fantastic player, are you talking the original version or the newer one?

We did a shoot out of the original CDE vs a much more expensive Esoteric and a Cary 306 sacd player and both of these players were $2-3k more expensive than the CDE and it was no contest the Unison was far better.

We also compared the Unico 50 a $5k tube/hyrbid 140watt dual mono integrated amp to the Hegel and the Luxman products we had at the time, and the Unico 50 was considered by our customers to be dramatically more musical in every way from sound staging, to resolution.

We haven’t gotten the latest Unico 90 on display yet, but from past experience the Unison products across the board are remarkably good.

So I would state that what you heard is accurate, the Unison stuff is truly fantastic across the board.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ


audiotroy: I'm talking about the Unico Due cdp/dac/streamer:
http://www.unisonresearch.com/en/products/unico-series/sources/unico-cd-due.html

Thanks for the comments. Turns out, I'll be able to demo it in my system, next week. Needless to say, I'm very much looking forward to hearing it! 
Yes that is the new version i would expect the same results.

The original CDE was a giant slayer the newer unit is going to be even better.

We are going back to the new Unico gear in 2018. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ