Joe
That is what Michael Ritter sad at Berkely. Also, the reason he is not at the show this weekend. I spoke with him Thursday and that is what he told me He didn't say all of them were the reference DACs but that is what we were talking about.
Nelson/Mike,
You have to tell me more about this amp, holy cow!
Love it!
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Nelson/Mike,
You have to tell me more about this amp, holy cow!
Love it!
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How was the Zu and Spatial rooms, dudes?
How was the Zu and Spatial rooms, dudes?
Interesting, because I have never seen or heard Zu's demo'ed with anything other than LP's!I heard several rooms that had Zu speakers and Zu speakers definitely have a sound. I think I understand why people who love only digital love Zu speakers (two brights don't make it wrong or something like that). I did get a chance to play a couple of LPs I brought with me in the Shroeder room so that was cool. Seriously, I will have to look at the notes I took because I did scribble some things down as I was listening to the Zu speakers.
Nelson - I saw in an earlier post that you really liked the Bricasti DAC. Can you share your impressions? I heard it a year ago at RMAF and was very impressed.
Mike
FWIW - I have the M1 & it is truly exceptional . It quickly saw off a Weiss DAC202, Auralic Vega , Wavelength Cosecant HS & a Bel Canto DAC3VBMKII in my listening comparisons . The thing that really stood out for me was image saturation - there just seemed more weight & body to instruments and vocals in my system . Runs a little to the dark side sonically , certainly warmer than my EMM DAC2X which probably has better detail retrieval and is more neutral in presentation. Build quality is off the charts , like early Mark Levinson. Customer support is exemplary . A real winner in my book though I should empahsise this is in my Study system - which is a near field setup with the VAC Phi Beta integrated and a pair of Tannoy Churchill Widebands which undoubtedly lent their own immersive signature.
Curious if you have tried the Bricasti DAC in your main rig and compared it to your EMM DAC with Q3s? Does it change in character from your office set-up. When I heard the Bricasti it was in an all Ayre chain (KX-R and MX-R) driving Sashas at a Wilson Audio demo and I must say in that system everything sounded resolving, neutral across the frequency band, and quite transparent and open. So just curious if your assessment of it leaning towards a darker presentation has more to do with the Tannoys and the VAC integrated :dunno: