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RE: It's the ability to sending it back for a refund if you don't like it, that is worth the added increment

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In Reply to: RE: It's the ability to sending it back for a refund if you don't like it, that is worth the added increment posted by John Marks on September 27, 2015 at 14:13:16

Hi John,

I'm looking into auditioning both the Grace Design m905/Analog and Crane Song Avocet II. I tried calling Sweetwater, but they were closed. SoundPure has the Avocet II, which can be demoed as I'm given to understand.

BTW, thanks for the recs for well-recorded strings. :-)

Vbr,
Sam

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Depending on whether you need the m905's monitor control functions, and what your main music source is... - John Marks 05:05:43 09/28/15 (1)
I love the m905 and I love the hard-wired remote control with real-time SPL readout. Having a light-up Mute button is great too.

However, I only used the Talkback function in jest, pushing it down to mute the music and to tell Ella how great she is...

I never had more than one pair of speakers connected at a time. I did not use any of the sophisticated offset functions, etc.

If most of your listening will be to hi-res over USB, I think that the m920 is the better choice--its DAC chipset is more future-proof and I think that the m920's Minimum Phase filter is better sounding than the M905's stock filter.

But if most of your listening will be SPDIF CD Quality feeds from a transport or server, the m905 might sound pretty much the same, especially if you do not like the idea of a M-P filter.

ATB,

John
- RE: Depending on whether you need the m905's monitor control functions, and what your main music source is... - c1ferrari 12:28:15 09/29/15 (0)
  Hi John,
  
  Received the m905 this a.m. from Sweetwater and I've got to say...right-out-of-the-box, RBCD over AES/EBU -- tremendous! This DAC does decay...it recognizes timbre :-) Actually, the primary reason I investigated the m905 was for its monitor control.
  
  I'll let it run for 24 hours straight, get the Atma-Sphere Silver Editions good and warmed up/adjust DC offset, and listen with the Studer. Then, I'll know.
  
  Vbr,
  Sam

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