Upcoming reviews, hopefully before Christmas. Giving you something to read over the holidays and maybe help with next year’s purchases.
Mr Underhill reviews a very interesting DAC. It measures superbly well and the manufacturer actually listens to it. Mr UH loves his Chord Qutest (I agree and bought one) with an M Scalar and he was set on keeping them for some time. Along comes this DAC and it sounds great and it is not a fortune. A real challenger but was he tempted?
I was offered a review of a very interesting amplifier from Poland. It is a hybrid with a valve preamp and a solid-state power amplifier all in one box. Many hybrids have failed as they bring out the less than good features of valves and solid state. BUT this company makes professional amplifiers for bass guitars and has been doing so for years. They succeeded at a great price. Eastern Europe looks to be a place to keep an eye on as they make great audio and not at over-inflated prices.
I wanted to hear some aspirational DACs so I got a Mola Mola Tambacqui in for review. The distributor said you MUST also get the Grimm MU1 streamer and digital cleaner-up as well. So they duly arrived and form the core of the review. But by a series of great coincidences, I also had two of their big competition DACs at the same time. That does not happen that often.
The dCS Bartok duly arrived and it gives a significant amount of the more expensive dCS range but in a much less expensive package. It also has a built-in streamer and with a great superb sound. And for the more traditionalists a CD/SACD player. But not any CD/SACD player but one of the best, the Luxman D-10X. That should work really well with my Luxman 900 pre and power amplifiers and it did. But what sounds did I get from all three and was there a best-of-class?
Coming to a great forum soon.
Mr Underhill reviews a very interesting DAC. It measures superbly well and the manufacturer actually listens to it. Mr UH loves his Chord Qutest (I agree and bought one) with an M Scalar and he was set on keeping them for some time. Along comes this DAC and it sounds great and it is not a fortune. A real challenger but was he tempted?
I was offered a review of a very interesting amplifier from Poland. It is a hybrid with a valve preamp and a solid-state power amplifier all in one box. Many hybrids have failed as they bring out the less than good features of valves and solid state. BUT this company makes professional amplifiers for bass guitars and has been doing so for years. They succeeded at a great price. Eastern Europe looks to be a place to keep an eye on as they make great audio and not at over-inflated prices.
I wanted to hear some aspirational DACs so I got a Mola Mola Tambacqui in for review. The distributor said you MUST also get the Grimm MU1 streamer and digital cleaner-up as well. So they duly arrived and form the core of the review. But by a series of great coincidences, I also had two of their big competition DACs at the same time. That does not happen that often.
The dCS Bartok duly arrived and it gives a significant amount of the more expensive dCS range but in a much less expensive package. It also has a built-in streamer and with a great superb sound. And for the more traditionalists a CD/SACD player. But not any CD/SACD player but one of the best, the Luxman D-10X. That should work really well with my Luxman 900 pre and power amplifiers and it did. But what sounds did I get from all three and was there a best-of-class?
Coming to a great forum soon.