audio mirror dac

Just received my D1 today and let it play for eight hours before I sat down for good listen. I’ve got a smile on my face. First impression of build quality seems very good. As someone mentioned earlier, it’s ashamed that the digital in RCA was not of the same quality as the output RCA’s. I guess for this price, it’s hard to really complain. I contemplated modifying my Marantz SA14 or adding a DAC and I think I made the right decision. I guess I can still have the mod done at a later date. I’ve been very happy with my CDP which I’ve had in my system for going on three years but after reading all the threads of incredible performance upgrades with the flurry of recent inexpensive DAC’s and mods, I caught a bit of the upgrade bug. I always felt the Marantz had very good redbook performance with decent bass, and a smooth midrange but I always felt that I was missing some upper frequency range. The Audio Mirror D1 does what it’s supposed to do with redbook playback. It brings bass to another level and now I have the highs I always felt that I was missing. I hoping that with a few days of break-in, the mids will warm up a bit. If things don’t improve, I’d still be extremely happy with my $500 investment.

Islandflyfisher:

Just will till the 100 hour mark... It just "opens" up!

Cheers,
Dennis

I am using Audio Mirror D1 DAC with Sony SCD-C555ES and Micromega Stage 2 as transports. I prefer Sony, it has much wider soundstage.

Just a note to those with the Audio Mirror D1 DAC. I recently purchased a Monarchy Audio DIP Classic for testing/use with the D1. The difference was quite pleasant and very noticeable. A new smoothness emerged without effecting treble extension. The soundstage widened around 10-15% compared to it before. The depth was also increased in addition to dynamics. For those people using this DAC, I would highly recommend this addition.

Dennis

Dennis,

Thanks, I'll check it out. I just purchased a second D1. My original will go to TRL for mods and I'm going to compare the two. Should be interesting.