Just received my New Chardonnay (4 Months) First I will say it looks much nicer than the pictures. I have just several hours on it and it is sounding great. It's paired with a Coda S5.5 amp which is 50 watts total class A. 26db gain which I was expecting to be a problem but it really isn't
I'm using it with a Lumin D2 which has a High/Low output setting which helps and an Oppo 105 D which is much "hotter" but with the adjustable gain on the Chardonnay it works out pretty good. My speakers are ZU Def IV's. The only hiss you hear is if you put your ear to the speaker. One small issue is you can't mute from the remote anymore. Verified that with Mick.It would be convenient but not that big a deal for me. I am not much of a reviewer or writer for that matter so that's about it.
I'm using it with a Lumin D2 which has a High/Low output setting which helps and an Oppo 105 D which is much "hotter" but with the adjustable gain on the Chardonnay it works out pretty good. My speakers are ZU Def IV's. The only hiss you hear is if you put your ear to the speaker. One small issue is you can't mute from the remote anymore. Verified that with Mick.It would be convenient but not that big a deal for me. I am not much of a reviewer or writer for that matter so that's about it.