I am expecting approval to be Roon Ready any day.
Hegel said the same thing, only took 2+ yrs.
Playback Edelweiss in the house
So, after a long wait my Playback Edelweiss MPS-6 just arrived. This unit is the DAC and SACD Player in one and I have had the Stream X added. It is not Roon Ready at this time but the streaming function via MConnect Controller worked just fine.
Build quality is obviously brilliant. Nice chassis with simple, understated displays. SACD controls are on the remote and the top edge of the DAC. The remote is metal and well constructed.
They say that it will take 500 hours to break-in. Out of the box, this is clearly an elite DAC with what feels like unprecedented levels of detail in my system. I am connected via Digital Coax from my Nucleus+ through a Chord 2Go/2Yu (K50 is on loan).
The plan over the next 4 weeks is to keep it running most of the time and do a variety of tests once fully broken in and a few tests on the way.
One will be the standard five songs from the DAC Shootout connected via USB but I will also plan to put it through its paces as an SACD Player, Streamer and DAC with the K50 as the source.
With less than an hour on it, all I can say is HOLY CRAP this thing sounds good.
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@goose i have four SACDs on the way. Will let you know once they arrive. @rsf507 My understanding is that this is the same module that is Roon ready being used in the Dream series. All the work is done and testing is complete, it is a matter of waiting for final approval. I am aware of the wait with Hegel and have an H590 here and am aware of how poor the AirPlay alternative was. You don’t even have that. I will report in this thread when it is Roon ready. |
@goose i may have a Luxman CD in on trade soon but it is far competitive with the Playback. As a DAC, this is one of the better units I have heard and I expect it to get better. They are definitely more of a niche manufacturer in the US. It is a more popular brand in the East. |
Interesting tweener price point. Hard to think of immediate competitors. Perhaps the streaming DAC Nagra (esp b/c of the Koch connection) is working on to replace their Classic DAC, though that won’t have the CD option. Then there’s the EMM DV2 plus NS1 combination, another DSD conversion DAC. Although that nominally retails for over 30k, in real life many dealers discount it new for like 23k all in, so in the same price ballpark as this Playback unit when streaming is added. |
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