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In Reply to: REVIEW: Metrum Acoustics Octave DAC Processors posted by sbrians on March 22, 2014 at 08:33:25:
My experience of the Metrum Octave II was quite different. I do have a good amount of experience with so-called NOS DACs. Presently I have an older NOS dac, modified, that is based on the 1545 chip and also the Audio DAC Kits 3.1 Signature. Both have that lovely flow and timing that NOS dacs seem to have. I found the Metrum to also have that same lovely flow, a kind of 'fluency' that other dacs seem to miss. But also, like you, I have Tinnitus and found that it had a bit of a hyped, thin high end; this tended to make my tinnitus worse. Compared to my other DACS, it seemed to have a less rich tonal quality, though it did have a very nice clarity in the mid-band. I heard this thinness on a friends Octave I as well.
I'm posting this not to contradict your experience, but I've found it helpful in the past to get variety of views of a product, with different experiences. One possible explanation is perhaps I didn't have enough hours on it. But I did try it out for a couple of weeks and had run it in for a couple hundred hours. It might be interesting for you to compare it to other NOS dacs and see if you find the same qualities you like in them as well.
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- RE: REVIEW: Metrum Acoustics Octave DAC Processors - JayD 18:00:12 03/25/14 (2)
- NOS - sbrians 19:42:34 03/25/14 (0)
- RE: REVIEW: Metrum Acoustics Octave DAC Processors - RC Daniel 19:10:25 03/25/14 (0)
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