25-Nov-2014, 17:56
Hello moreno and amabrok. First impressions are of a deeper, more focused soundstage while keeping all the qualities that made me like the D-Premier with the 802Ds. Regarding SAM, I listened to maybe 2 or 3 songs, one of them was Elektro Kardiogramm by Kraftwerk while switching SAM on and off. The impact of SAM was subtle on the bass, maybe even lowering/taming it a bit, making it a bit more articulate. But then these are very early impressions with no running in whatsoever, the next few days should be interesting.
All my listening was done using AIR/WiFi, had to raise the buffer to 1s to test high high res material that I rarely listen to, so I didn't get weird noises, previously it was on the lowest setting, 50ms. Source was a Mac Mini with mostly ALAC files ripped from my CDs. I'll try today Air-Ethernet and later on USB.
All my listening was done using AIR/WiFi, had to raise the buffer to 1s to test high high res material that I rarely listen to, so I didn't get weird noises, previously it was on the lowest setting, 50ms. Source was a Mac Mini with mostly ALAC files ripped from my CDs. I'll try today Air-Ethernet and later on USB.