Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
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Sorry for the delay. I just came home from a week long trip to London and Paris. Great family time. Loved it all. Looking forward to getting some solid listening time in this week though. Yes, I missed my stereo.... I went to one store in London but it turned out to be a tech store more then Audio. Apparently, Diavalet have crossed over to mainstream mass market audio.... I won’t have much to report for a day or three, so let’s run off topic for a bit and hear about trips you guys have recently taken to audio related locations. Shows, intentional trips to audition gear, concerts, anything that involves music, gear and traveling. Should be a fun diversion. |
welcome back buddy. Glad that it was a great trip. Elizebeth, I too have heard that marantz. I think most equate it with their mass market stuff. Most have not heard their reference gear which is very nice sounding. I like warm and not 'hot' gear. I don't put your DAC into either category. I think it's a fairly neutral sound with a bit of dynamics. If anything, the soundstage was a bit more intimate than say the Empirical ODSE/SE that I owned. Steve's gear threw huge stages. The Marantz seemed to me to be a nice piece. |
Next to the Total Dac, this was another jaw dropping moment that really impressed when converting pcm Redbook either 16/44 or 24/96. http://www.aquahifi.com/la_scala.html Cheers George |
