Mac AIR v MiND 180 v Auralic ARIES v totaldac d1 server

[Kunter]

Hi all...
Let me put some salt on the subject...

I now have an Aries singing in the system. And... I love it.

It's still at its early hours... Supposedly it should get better... still...

Setup is, Aries connected to D800 via USB (Furutech something). On the power side, there is a Nordost Valhalla (overkill I know, but it was lying around for its next duty) which is getting its juice from Torus transformer.

The power supply is then grounded (it has a ground post) to Entreq...

Server duties held by my MacBook Pro running minimserver, and Aries connected to the Apple Airport Express wirelessly...

For the first couple of minutes, soundstage was everywhere and I could easily locate my speakers (normally those behemoths are very easy to loose, opening a door to the soundstage and disappear). 15-20 minutes into playback, things got better. Center image filled beautifully.

My only criticism is, it sounds a bit (and a bit) harsh... Will it settle down? We will see..

More of my views later...

Cheers..

Kunter