20-Jan-2016, 23:34
(20-Jan-2016, 23:27)Hifi_swlon Wrote: Wow, that's a hell of a claim!Yeah, it's a bold claim but I like the feedback of some respected people on how it really is different. As to cost, I've already decided to stream via TIDAL (well, maybe a rare purchase of a CD or hi-res file) and I have already bought a Bluesound Node 2, so, for me, the listening chain will cost no more than I am already paying. BRING IT ON!
I've decided I'm just too cynical, and also not interested enough in (or probably clever enough to understand) the theory behind it.
I'm just going to wait until there's actually material around and decoding DACs, assuming it actually takes off. I'll decide with my ears but I just keep reaching for the catch..... I guess buying everything again is one.
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
