Emm Labs DV2 versus Tambaqui

@fleschler

I don’t think he is biased. There would be no reason. As far as I know, from this and another forum, @dbb is an amateur music lover like me and you. He is not a dealer. He bought the Musetec and the Holo May with his own money, and after the review he was satisfied to keep the Musetec and sold the May. I do identify with him as his passion is for classical music and his listening references are live unamplified concerts. There isn’t a better reference IMO. So that was the basis of the review.

I don’t think it is fair to say that the conclusion was, "The May didn’t hold up to the Musetec 005." As I read what he wrote, he found them to be very similar notwithstanding their very different architectures. He pointed out their very small differences. Being that close in SQ performance, he decided to keep the one costing less money.

@fleschler

I’m not sure how this thread devolved into a discussion of DACs unrelated to the OP’s question -- that’s how these discussions always seem to go..."expensive" DACs (i.e., more expensive than whatever the poster likes) are the new "snake oil" I suppose.

According to Herb’s column in Stereophile, some of the tech for the Tambaqui was discovered in 2004 and production began in 2013. My long-term reference/snake oil is totaldac, and the basic ideas there have been in use since at least 2010, refined here and there over time. I guess that can be good or bad, depending on your perspective. Perhaps you’re assuming that new digital must be better than old digital. My view is "Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing".

I’m not sure how this thread devolved into a discussion of DACs unrelated to the OP’s question

@metaldetektor ,

Funny that you asked. On the first page I noted this already. You tried to provide genuine feedback, but whenever certain 2 people get into DAC discussions, they make every effort to divert the threads to the DAC of their choice.

@milpai You should check out the dealer ad for the ’said’ dac on US Audio Mart. The dealer is referencing a topic started on audiogon as part of his sales pitch by a user named dbb . I’m sure it’s a very good dac, but these underhanded tactics are definitely raising suspicions. Now watch them jump on you by declaring that your motivations are driven by racism (anti-china) or your lack of understanding of how expensive DACs are merely snake oil (that's another way of saying that you are a gullible simpleton who doesn’t know how this stuff works). Typical tactics employed in fabricating a hype cycle :)

Now watch them jump on you by declaring that your motivations are driven by racism (anti-china) or your lack of understanding of how expensive DACs are merely snake oil (that's another way of saying that you are a gullible simpleton who doesn’t know how this stuff works)

@arafiq , I will not be surprised by that. They have called me out on another thread. Like you said - they are using their tactics. But point is, don't turn every thread to your DAC. If you want the OP to know about your DAC, reach out via PM instead of trying to divert the thread's original intent. This was typical of a person from down under who was hijacking all Class D amp, DSD and non-R2R DAC threads. Same thing I am seeing with these few posters - always trying to get pity by saying that most folks here are anti-China. My Oppo is made in China, I just got brand new Psvanes. And guess where they are made?