@daveyf Ja, you are right. I meant to say the very best vinyl pressings that were comparable (albeit differently presented) in audio quality to Varese. Tape is such a unique beast and hard to compare to anything else as the instrument separation on tape is just so danged good. That said, the most noticeable thing I heard on the Varese is it seemed to simplify the complex passages so that your ear can focus on whatever instrument or voice it choses...this is what tape excels at for me. Varese is definitely better at simplifying the music than any other digital I have heard (not heard Wadax, but have heard MSB and other pricey digital systems).
The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history??
In the current issue of 'The Absolute Sound' magazine, Jacob Heilbrun applies about as much hyperbole on the new dCS Varese DAC stack as I have ever read!!
There are references to the sound of a 'live' piano and other points about the 'quantum leap in SQ' of this product.
Yet, i ask this, how is it possible that the digital recording chain can in fact pick up the many incredible subtleties that Jacob references in his review??
Nonetheless, at the price asked for the new Varese, it had better do your washing, cooking and take out the dog for a walk!
Next year, we will hear how the new dCS Varese is being upgraded, and that the new revisions are more accurate, more resolving, more this...more that, for a large price increase. Pathetic on a number of plains. Thoughts?
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