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In Reply to: Do you care to comment on the DACs you auditioned? posted by John C. - Aussie on July 20, 2000 at 22:20:42:
Hi John,To be honnest, I am not sure that my opinions are 100% correct. For a part of these listenings, I neglected the "level" factor and corrected approximatively the levels ; it is only this week that I calibrated them precisely. Other problem : my Air Conditioning system, here in Houston, is noisy and has bad effects on the main ; it doesn't simplify listenings of high quality equipment.
* Excellent :
- Muse Model 2 with Bessel Filter and HDCD : "old" 20 Bits DAC
(1995). No obvious flaw, extremely "musical". A desription of
the sound would be a list of superlatives. Highly recommended.
* Very Good :
- Marantz CD-17-II : Bitstream CD-Player. The best Marantz I
listened to. No obvious weakness.
Neutral, dynamic, detailed, soft, etc. But slightly less good
in everything than Muse. Highly recommended.
- CAL Icon mk-II : "old" CD-Player (1992) 18 Bits. Very strong
bass, excellent soundstage. Sometimes, the medium seems to lack
clarity, light ringing ? Recommended with caution.
- MSB Link II : 24 Bits DAC. Very good sound, dynamic, deep bass,
a lot of details. But a little bit "forward" and slightly
agressive (attacks). Amazing result for the price. Cheap parts.
Recommended with caution.
* Good :
- Musical Fidelity E624 / A3CD : 24 Bits CD-Player. Thin sound,
lack of bass with music, but not with test tones (?!?). Average
soundstage. Excellent voices. Probably system sensitive.
- NAD 5100 : "old" 16 Bits CD-Player (1989). I choosed it
11 years ago (better than other NADs, Denon, Onkyo, etc.).
I am amazed how good it still sounds today ! Very neutral,
dynamic sound. Narrow, 2-D soundstage. But beats most CD-Players
sold less than $500 today !!!
- Adcom GDA-700 : 20 Bits HDCD DAC. Very high build quality. Not
very detailed, too much medium. Bof.
* Average :
- Marantz CD-67SE : Bitstream CD-Player. Lack of details, fuzzy
soundstage, lack of deep bass, etc. One quality : good dynamic
("slam" in English slang ?). Disappointing.Sincerely,
Yves Simon
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