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“The entire Nativ system also includes the Nativ Pulse, a power supply for the DAC in the Nativ Wave. When you put together the entire Nativ system, high-resolution is available throughout a household, via headphone, streaming or from your own curated collection of CDs. It will be interesting to see how successful this company is after its initial Indiegogo popularity ends and real customers get their hands on these products. And yes, before the vinyl community jumps all over this, a phono preamp product is also in the works. Further down the line, look for a Nativ amplifier as well.

The Nativ Disc will sell for $599, but you can get on Indiegogo for $499 or bundle it with the Nativ Vita for $1498, also on Indiegogo. Delivery is expected to begin in October of 2016.”

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“Since Linn was kind enough to include a headphone output, I put it through its paces. The Majik DSM’s headphone output had no problems propelling my hardest-to-drive cans, the Beyer Dynamic DT-990 600-ohm version, up to my own personal max loudness level and beyond. The volume level was only at 57 out of 80. With the highly efficient Westone ES-5 custom in-ear monitors the Majik DSM needed only a fraction of its output capabilities. The volume setting was only at 31 when I maxed out my loudness limit. There was a faint hiss from the Majik DSM’s amp when no music was playing, even when the volume was set to zero. But with medium- and lower-sensitivity headphones the Majik DSM’s headphone amp was dead quiet. Overall soundstage size, inner detail, and imaging were excellent with any ’phones I tried. And while perhaps not quite as good as the very best can-amps I’ve used, the sound was nonetheless involving and musical.”

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” I’ve been on a huge music-discovery roll of late, listening to lots of old and new music that’s new to me. While I did run through some of my review chestnuts, i.e test tracks, from Tom Waits, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jordi Savall, John Coltrane, Eric Whitacre, Jimi Hendrix and more, it didn’t take a helluva lot of time to suss out the fact that the DSJ made listening to music fun. This accounts, in part, for my musical sojourning during its stay.”

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” Looking back at the impulse response (above) confirms as much. Note the squiggle just beyond around 10ms? That’s the room coming into play. Throwing it back to high school science, we recall that time corresponds to frequency: 1000ms equates to 1Hz. Similarly 10ms converts to 100Hz.”

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“The Merlot does not rely on standard chips for digital processing, but utilizes Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) programmed with proprietary algorithms developed by Andreas. “The use of the FPGA approach allows a higher precision arithmetic than feasible in standard off-the-shelf components, but also new and unique algorithms that no other manufacturer has.” Another technology used in the Merlot is PDFAS (Playback Designs Frequency Arrival System) a technology developed by Andreas Koch that eliminates the need for conventional PLLs, also known as “Phase Locked Loops” to reduce jitter. Playback Designs claims that their PDFAS, regardless of the source, reduces jitter to a level far lower than what can be achieved with conventional PLL designs.”