EMM Labs DAC6 vs. latest version dCS

Shlemasal, relax.

I shaped the question for “them” and “you” but not for myself. I’m too familiar with the subject and with quality of the “audiences” (including you) to treat this “collaboration” as a valuable.

Good luck,
Romy the Cat

Microhenry.

I like this. Maybe Romy is right about the bidat. Then again maybe Romy is Uncle Crusty. But those of us who have purchased gear and mods from Meitner, John Wright and now EMM labs, even though they were never darlings of the magazines or these audiogon pages for that matter can wonder such things. Most have probably never heard a Meitner product. What makes them so special now versus 8 or 10 years ago?

Any thoughts on the merits of the DCC2 versus the DAC 6 and Switchman? Obviously speculative, but my guess is that the separates will sound superior to the DCC2. Though both will sound top-notch.

Jetter- Ed Meitner is the "man" behind DSD, he is the man who made it work, and the same goes to SACD. SACD was a flop at best till Ed got his hands in the pie, I don't know how or why but it works. In fact it works better then anything else I have heard(there isn't much I haven't heard) and by a large margin. The way he upsamples all digital to dsd is simply mind blowing(I was told but I won't waste all of your time trying to ineterpret the information second hand, I know I would screw it up), its so simply yet he was the one who made it happen! The best part is there is no bell, no whistle, no fancy chassis just amazing sound.

Gladstone- You are right at this point NO one knows which would sound better, I am hoping the DCC2 is as good or so darn close that most can't tell the difference :) But no one has heard a DCC2 yet so no one knows the answer.