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RE: Non Oversampling (NOS) DAC's

Funny you should mention NOS DACs. I took delivery of one on Friday: a Metrum Acoustics Mini NOS DAC Octave. It appears to have much more in common with "good" sounding analog than just about any piece of digital equipment I've heard .

To say that I'm pleased with what I'm hearing from this DAC so far is putting it very mildly !

Right now I'm listening the Lyrita version of Malcolm Arnold's English dances, etc uncompressed flac ripped to HD & played through my Auraliti PK100 into the Octave. It sounds more like what I remember the LP version sounding like on my VPI table . While the CD it originated from sounds pretty good it you probably wouldn't mistake it as the LP you were listening to . I'm telling you this is very, very close.

The thing I'm most excited about is that I can detect an actual "attack" of when a musical note starts & as a result of this the instruments have a sense of solidity that , until hearing this DAC, I wasn't sure I would hear through digital. Granted, I have'nt heard much of the "higher spread" digital gear , but I think a few designers may end up going back to the drawing board just to be competitive after they listen to this DAC.

I would agree that 6moons got what they had to say about the Octave right !




Edits: 08/26/12

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