When you can't unhear !
So about two weeks ago I brought a dac home from my favourite dealer to evaluate over the holidays.
I have done this a couple of times but never been really impressed . This was different.Ā
The DAC is soulnote d-2 and it's not going anywhere soon !
Had it in my system for about 5 days when a friend came over and we had a listen, he thought it sounded really good and asked if I had compared it to my old? I haven't. So I plugged in the other and started the same track . It was not subtle, it was saddening how big the difference was. Switching back to the soulnote and wondering about how to unhear that, but I couldn't so I sold one kidney and one of the children and I'm much happier now š
Jokes aside, anybody else had that " can't unhear this " experience and what did you do about it?
My former dac was the Matrix audio X-Sabre Pro MQA.Ā
Have a good 2024 everyoneĀ !
Yes. I try not to bring anything home that I cannot afford if I actually stretch my finances. The last time this happened to me I was not in the market for a DAC and my dealer brought one over. I had a Sim Moon 650D with the external power supply which I was very happy with. The momentā¦ I mean two or three seconds and I was sending a text message to my dealer to order me one, wondering where the heck I was going to find $17K. |
@iselandĀ |
@lalitkĀ thank you . my philosophy in a nutshell š |
+1 @coralkongĀ if you look at my system, it was supposedĀ to just be a second basement system to hear while working on my model railroad.Ā I went to audition the Parasound Halo Hint 6 integrated w onboard DAC.Ā The speakers at the demo were mid levelĀ Kef.Ā I thought it sounded so so. then the dealer swapped in the Esoteric CD player as the DAC.Ā I was blown away.Ā I did not buy it, but I bought a lot of other good stuff once I had heard it. @iselandĀ congrats on the D-2.Ā I recently purchased a barely used A-2 for our weekend home, and it is amazing.Ā I am jealous as to the possibility of a D-2 DAC with the A-2.Ā I would need a streamer though I think.Ā Recommendations for a weekend home @lalitkĀ ? @chayroĀ do you have an A3 with the D3?Ā and of courseĀ the clock?Ā how much better is it? |
