I visited the showroom of Forthwise Ltd which is the Nagra dealer in Hong Kong yesterday.
The purpose was to check out the Nagra Reference Anniversary Turntable.
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It so happened that the new turntable was still being fine-tuned and not ready for a serious audition yet.
I therefore turned my attention to the Nagra HD DAC X in the same room instead.
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It was paired with the Nagra CDP acting as the transport. The CDP/CDT have just been discontinued in 2021. Will there be a new Classic Series or HD Series transport coming?
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The performance of the HD DAC X was outstanding, much better than the previous HD DAC version.
The music via it was analog-like, with natural timbre and flow.
It gave an unmistakeable Swiss favour of elegance and finesse.
IMHO and my personal taste, I would like to rate this Nagra HD DAC X and CH Precision C1.1+X1 higher than the Goldmund Mimesis 20H NextGen DAC, because naturalness is my priority.