10-Oct-2014, 10:45
(09-Oct-2014, 22:46)Confused Wrote: "Music just sounded more full bodied, more colorful. Bass also appeared to be deeper and more robust." This sounds like just my kind of thing! (How a device that just delivers 1's and 0's can make these kind of differences baffles me!) I'm guessing bass did not appear to be deeper and more robust vs the Totaldac's performance? Any views?
Just to clarify this wasn't my conclusion. Where I do agree with the reviewer is that the MiND draws you more into the music. It's more musical. But the Aries has more detail. There's definitely a trade off.
As for the MiND v totaldac, whilst they are both very capable and musical renderers, the totaldac is clearly on another level. I would say it's not as simple as the bass sounding "deeper and more robust". It's the tonal texture of the bass and the way that it's presented which is so much better. Everything just feels so much more "right". There is a kind of syrupiness to the presentation. It's effortlessly natural, where the Aries sounded a bit contrived at times.
Guillaume
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