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Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave

Very interesting 6 Moons review. The Totaldac review left me envious of those who can afford that level of possible digital deprecation. Sounds like the Octave gets very close to the flavor of the Totaldac at a far more sensible price using a similar topology with different components.

I'm shopping for a new DAC and I'm concerned by the maze of feature driven products and reviews that seem to gloss over the products sonic presentation. While digital may never be my primary form of media it would be nice to find something that could live up to half of that review.

I was a bit confused by the menu of products. If you don't mind answering, exactly what did you order and what was the cost? And of course if you have it, how does it sound?
vicdamone
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stanwal
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Martin Colloms, Paul Messinger, Stan Curtis, Art Dudley, Michael Fremer, Malcolm Steward, John Atkinson, Chris Bryant, Tony Falkner , Robert Green and some others whose names I am not going to attempt to spell without looking them up.
chayro
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Interesting choices. Many see some of these people as part of the allegedly corrupt reviewing system. I personally do not believe the bulk of what people say about reviewers and, as I said above, I think reading reviews can be helpful in looking for products to audition. In fact, I freely admit to auditioning and purchasing my Opera Callas monitiors after reading Sam Tellig's review. How many would admit to that? Regards.
tmsorosk
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I've found reviews a great starting point when evaluating equipment, and so far haven't been lead wrong, ( 35 years ).
Where else can you gather research info on products before an audition. These forums are fun and entertaining but people rarely agree, you can't believe the sales staff in the stores even if you know them, so unless you know someone personally that owns the product, quality back ground info is hard to find. You just can't audition every product out there.
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rja
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There's nothing wrong with reading reviews! Although knowing where the reviewer is coming from and their particular biases is also very helpful in analyzing their opinions.
Certainly it's a place to start sometimes. Not all reviewers are sinister evil people as some might have us believe, just some of them.
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