I personally love the sound of the Modi 3.
There is just something very enjoyable and relaxing about it’s presentation. I like the sound of the AKM 4490 DAC chip and this implementation just nailed it IMHO.
Interesting quote from a Hegel engineer regarding this same chip
In their H120 integrated -
“We have fitted an AKM AK4490 because we think this company makes the best sounding DAC chips – no more, no less. It’s true that they can be a bit more difficult to implement than ESS for example, but the ceiling of performance is so much higher…”
Of course YMMV.
There is just something very enjoyable and relaxing about it’s presentation. I like the sound of the AKM 4490 DAC chip and this implementation just nailed it IMHO.
Interesting quote from a Hegel engineer regarding this same chip
In their H120 integrated -
“We have fitted an AKM AK4490 because we think this company makes the best sounding DAC chips – no more, no less. It’s true that they can be a bit more difficult to implement than ESS for example, but the ceiling of performance is so much higher…”
Of course YMMV.