Bricasti M3 In the house

Hello All, I wanted to see how everyone who's owned the M3 for awhile now feels about it. I've been using a Sonore Signature Rendu SE System Optique Bridge/Streamer feeding a Aqua Audio La Scala MKII Optologic DAC via USB for about a year. I stream FLAC and DSD files stored on my NAS to the Sonore using Roon. The combination sounds very good and I'm pretty happy with the setup but I'd love to get the USB link out of the system. I'd love to have a streaming DAC that sounds as good, or better, than the Sonore/Aqua pairing. I owned a PS Audio DSD with the Bridge 2 but was not happy with the sound. I also owned a Lampizator Amber 3 before upgrading to the Aqua Audio La Scala MKII Optologic DAC. Anyway, I'm very curious about the M3. Please let me know you're impressions of the M3 and, if you would, the other DACs you've compared it to. Thx.

I continue to see very positive user reports. @tvad has one and really likes it. His posts are snapchats though and go away after a day or two.  I suspect if you send a pm he'd be happy to tell you what he thinks. He's heard a lot of gear.

teajay:

another killer part of the M3 is it's analog volume control which comes very, very close to the performance of my $6,500 preamplifier.  

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@gianlucanegro, The preamp TJ compared to was his CODA 07x. I compared my M3 with and w/o my VAC Sig IIa 2 box tube pre in my system, direct is a touch more detailed, tonal balance slightly leaner, and soundstage not as huge, add in the Sig IIa and lose a smidge of detail, gain more meat on the bones, and stage expands slightly. I thoroughly enjoy the M3 direct, listening to the system that way 75% of the time, for critical listening doing a review I add in the Sig IIa for a shot of tube deliciousness.

klh007
Thank you!

I had your same "impressions" when I listened the "LEEDH volume" (full digital preamplification on a Lumin device) vs my Ayre K1-Xe.