Thank you. I followed this thread before and I read it everyday. I learned many things from it.
Like Rhapaody said, we should keep it in Wadax thread.
Thank you. I followed this thread before and I read it everyday. I learned many things from it.
For me, despite sonic issues on T,F,S, by Sunday, one of the top three best sounds at the show.This image represents the modesty of majority of mortals like me, see the unattainable with humility and admiration from our real position.
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Interesting…do you or does anyone know what the Robert Koda K160 is sitting on? Looks like some kind of combination round silver cylinder and black cylinder?This image represents the modesty of majority of mortals like me, see the unattainable with humility and admiration from our real position.
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“But surely the biggest disappointment at the show was the poor performance of so many high-end digital contenders. Streamed music has certainly contributed to a general decline in musical standards (it’s no coincidence that, with the sole exception of Wadax, all the best sounding rooms were playing physical media) but it was also noticeable that none of the highly touted digital brands trying to close the musical and technological gap to Wadax managed to deliver. MSB, TotalDAC and dCS all disappointed, with sound that varied from sterile through to actively unpleasant.”
No more questions..
ok, fair enough. nothing to quibble with.
so allow me to more narrowly ask my question; can you cite an example of any digital playback that fulfils those expectations for you? gear and system context?
Except TotalDac sounded great!“But surely the biggest disappointment at the show was the poor performance of so many high-end digital contenders. Streamed music has certainly contributed to a general decline in musical standards (it’s no coincidence that, with the sole exception of Wadax, all the best sounding rooms were playing physical media) but it was also noticeable that none of the highly touted digital brands trying to close the musical and technological gap to Wadax managed to deliver. MSB, TotalDAC and dCS all disappointed, with sound that varied from sterile through to actively unpleasant.”
No more questions..
Of course you were not the only one. You were not the only person who listened with an open mind, that is without preconceived ideas and without (other) commercial interests.So i wasnt the only one , lol.
No wonder why i play tape at home , Wadax being indeed a pleasant exeption .
Best of the rest was CH digital afaik.
so it took you 8 days to think that through enough to answer. ok. thank you for taking the time to relate the data points. i will certainly keep your essential list of attributes in mind if i hear any of those combos to see what i hear. i have encountered most all of those pieces at one point or another. need to pay more attention.In the past i had some great experiences whit some digital gear like:
-Cec tlox > Audio Note Dac 5 Signature (Best for human voices)
-Zanden 2000P > Zanden 5000 Sig (allround perfect just a litle weak on Bass if your system need some added Bass)
-Metronome Kalista reference Cd transport whit the original battery powered power supply pairen whit Lampizator Pacific Dac whit great results (at the moment i am playing whit this combo)
All 3 combos have after fine tuning cable matching and tube rolling have made performance at the highest levels...
Not to forget to mention i have used for many years a spare cd player in my demo room and that was a one box player of Audio Research CD8 this player is up to date still the best once box player i have heard no nonsense much better than "some" very very expensief good looking bas sounding gear....
Thanks…perhaps black Stillpoints Ultra 7s on the very bottom but with some very big silver cylinder on top of it directly underneath the chassis.I’m not sure, but they seem Stillpoints…
Thanks…perhaps black Stillpoints Ultra 7s on the very bottom but with some very big silver cylinder on top of it directly underneath the chassis.
so it took you 8 days to think that through enough to answer. ok. thank you for taking the time to relate the data points. i will certainly keep your essential list of attributes in mind if i hear any of those combos to see what i hear. i have encountered most all of those pieces at one point or another. need to pay more attention.
it also might be fair to say you have a strong preference for silver discs and tubed dacs. just say'n.
and one follow up question; was there any digital at Munich that hit those attributes for you? where you could pick out those things and attribute it to a digital source? thank you. from your response evidently no, but just wanted to make sure.
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