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Comments on the Berkeley Alpha DAC 2

I have been playing my newly acquired Berkeley DAC 2 and it sounds amazing in many aspects.  

Great staging and layering and super dynamics as well.

One aspect I am not a fan of (yet) is the potent upper mids and highs.  Now, this could be my room, or it could be the fact that the DAC has not been in use for months on end, and it has not "warmed" up properly.  Not sure yet...maybe the filter selection is incorrect.

Any users out there that can provide me with their insight?

 

Cheers,

 

Paul

 

 

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jasonbourne52
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If it doesn't sound fine after one hour then it won't get any better after a thousand hours! 

designsfx
793 posts
 

I’ve never used the Alpha Dac- can you give a description of the filter settings?

tecknik
483 posts
 

Let the dac and any digital gear have at least 48 hrs before making judgement and never turn it off under normal conditions. Once the dac has settled in then look into the filters. 

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