totaldac D1 server

[GuillaumeB]

So does it now take the SQ crown back from the Melco N1Z?

I was actually just deliberating on this very thing! In fact I played a track that I almost associate with the Melco N1Z, Gregory Porter's Liquid Spirit... with the N1Z I got this incredible sense of scale and depth of tonal detail (does that mean anything?!), something I hadn't heard before. It was a regal sound with incredible authority. It's difficult to explain... it just sounded so "right".

Playing it through the d1 server it's now equally impressive, you can hear some reverb (or is it a fraction of an echo?) around his voice or rather the space he's singing into. Amazing tonal texture. It's very, very good. Earlier I was playing some Benny Goodman, a recording from 1964. The Xylophone almost startled me with its realism. 

So I think these two streamers are now neck to neck. Of course I'd need to play them back to back to be a bit more objective here.

What amazes me in all this is how the Devialet just keeps on delivering, truly remarkable! I mean it's the same DAC, ADH core etc. 

I'm obviously very used to the sound of the Devialet when streaming from the d1 server... but this is something new. As you can imagine I'm chuffed to bits. I mean it's cost me a hundred quid or so for the Fedex? 

Guillaume