The Saturn trumps the Apollo and has only gotten better since the first day I got it. It was surprisingly better and noticeably so right out of the box. Here’s the skinny compared against the mighty Apollo…
The Saturn has better…
detail retrieval,
focus and clarity,
dynamics and PRAT,
quantity and quality bass
and..
lower floor noise,
more separation between voices and instruments,
wider, deeper (bigger) soundstage,
and not as upfront as the Apollo.
The Saturn hasn't really rested. Running it pretty much 24 hours a day. Probably got around 140 hours on her...
A look inside...
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The Saturn does sound very impressive and within the last year or so I’ve heard the E5, Moth Hyper DAC, Wadia 861, Cary 303/200, G08, Apollo, 508.24, and 588.24 just to name some of the more memorable ones.