Don't you think that a new DAC should come with all the latest inputs and possible supported sample rates?
I haven't heard the M1 yet, but know their other Outboard gear (M7 reverb) which many swear by and is very good.
The Briscati M1 has no USB, no FW, no thunderbolt, a single ASEBU input, no DSD support, no clock in or out, (maybe it doent need it) and no volume control.
So after you blow $8k, you still have to buy an aditional interface for a computer plus the relevant cabling, preamps etc.
Don't you start to feel its a lot of cash for an algorithm and a nice box? Surely the age of expensive DACs, unless it is utterly cutting edge, is over?
It's great to see a lovely Mark Levinson esque product, but I seem to remember they used to come with every conceivable input and output for their generation.
Sorry to be a moaning old lady but where is its value? There are many great sounding DACs these days... As I understand it in a saturated market it's got slightly better bass than the small DCS and the DAC 202. What's the point?
I haven't heard the M1 yet, but know their other Outboard gear (M7 reverb) which many swear by and is very good.
The Briscati M1 has no USB, no FW, no thunderbolt, a single ASEBU input, no DSD support, no clock in or out, (maybe it doent need it) and no volume control.
So after you blow $8k, you still have to buy an aditional interface for a computer plus the relevant cabling, preamps etc.
Don't you start to feel its a lot of cash for an algorithm and a nice box? Surely the age of expensive DACs, unless it is utterly cutting edge, is over?
It's great to see a lovely Mark Levinson esque product, but I seem to remember they used to come with every conceivable input and output for their generation.
Sorry to be a moaning old lady but where is its value? There are many great sounding DACs these days... As I understand it in a saturated market it's got slightly better bass than the small DCS and the DAC 202. What's the point?