MUSICIAN AQUARIUS $3,199 REVIEW

November 20, 2022 Comments Off on MUSICIAN AQUARIUS $3,199 REVIEW

The Aquarius is also featuring a twin oscillator design, which “supplies” a constant temperature, always improving the unit’s performance. Aquarius also sports an O-type single crystal copper transformer as packaged linear power supply, resulting in low distortion and low noise. The linear regulator can isolate the digital and analog parts of the multi-level power supply, to ensure low noise and stable power supply voltage for the DAC.

Using the main control ALTERA high-efficiency chip, the audio signal transmission is not distorted, and the sound quality can reach the HIFI standard hardware. The simple design makes the signal circuit reach a more ideal state, and the sense of hearing is clearer and more balanced than the traditional design.

Tuning wise, the Aquarius offer a series of self-developed and designed digital filters, working in 16 X Over Sampling mode, each Level of filter has a 32-bit input resolution, which can greatly increase dynamic contrast, analysis, and more natural and delicate timbre, etc.

How close are they? $20k vs $4k DAC

October 15, 2022 Comments Off on How close are they? $20k vs $4k DAC

iFi Audio ZEN Air DAC $99 Review

August 24, 2022 Comments Off on iFi Audio ZEN Air DAC $99 Review

I must say, I immediately fell in love with that combo as the synergy between the headphones and the DAC/amp was excellent. The neutral tuning of the 560S meshed really nicely with the somewhat warm-sounding Air DAC, which made those headphones sing.

For a $99 Desktop DAC/amp, the Air DAC was pretty clean and transparent and had decent detail. It also pulled this off without undue harshness up top, which is always good when you’re dealing with entry-level gear such as this.

dCS Rossini APEX Player And Rossini Clock Review

July 20, 2022 Comments Off on dCS Rossini APEX Player And Rossini Clock Review

https://www.monoandstereo.com/2022/07/dcs-rossini-apex-player-and-rossini.html

I have been doing what I do for a long time and have heard numerous DACs and digital front ends over the course of nearly three decades of constant evaluations. 

Despite the great digital advances made in the last decade, not all DACs and digital front end deliver what the marketing material promises. Many DACs aspire to be special, but in reality, they are only adequate. 

dCS is anything but the usual affair or Déjà vu. It has a deep foundation with a sign of unforeseen firmness to decode music, regardless of genre, with fundamental objectivity. Period!

Mola Mola’s Grooving Tambaqui DAC $13,500 Review

July 2, 2022 Comments Off on Mola Mola’s Grooving Tambaqui DAC $13,500 Review

As I opined at the end of my Mola Mola Kula review (HERE), the Tambaqui is to DACs what the Kula is to toney integrated amps: a downsized mini-me solution to your 21st century digital component woes that sounds stellar. Like the Kula, the Tambaqui ain’t cheap. But the musical performance and setup flexibility that it delivers makes its just south of $14K price seem sensibly fair (at least in high-end terms). This is, in no uncertain term, a state-of-the-art digital design for which no apologies need be made. I’m thinking that maybe I ought to get one for my system.

Matrix Audio X-SABRE 3 streaming MQA DAC

June 12, 2022 Comments Off on Matrix Audio X-SABRE 3 streaming MQA DAC

Chord dave M SCALER Review

May 23, 2022 Comments Off on Chord dave M SCALER Review

Chord Hugo TT 2 and M Scaler

May 5, 2022 Comments Off on Chord Hugo TT 2 and M Scaler

 MUNICH M1T DIGITAL TRANSPORT REVIEW

April 19, 2022 Comments Off on  MUNICH M1T DIGITAL TRANSPORT REVIEW

dCS Rossini Player & Clock Review

April 3, 2022 Comments Off on dCS Rossini Player & Clock Review

https://www.monoandstereo.com/2021/11/dcs-rossini-player-clock-review-p1.html#more

There are many products on the market that simply exists for themselves offering merely a vague presentation of music and that can be too commonly associated with even more expensive digital front ends. 

As opposed dCS Rossini attains a one-of-a-kind music haven facility and has all the qualities for being and becoming an unmistakable high-end audio icon. 

In part two, I will focus on the particular qualities of the dCS Rossini, laying them down in the music references and delve deeper into the mysterious realms of Ring DAC technology. 

But as you have been able to decode so far, I am deeply fascinated with what dCS Rossini can do sonically and music-wise.

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