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post #196 of 483
8/12/12 at 2:45am
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How do you upsample your files? Is Foobar upsample good enough?

 

Foobar SoX resampler is pretty good.

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post #197 of 483
8/12/12 at 3:28am
^ ok, I'll try that with my NFB-2, curious how the the sound will change.
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post #198 of 483
8/13/12 at 3:58pm
So has everyone seen the Hex on the webpage?
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post #199 of 483
8/13/12 at 5:33pm
Yes and it looks to be waaaay overpriced compared to the original Octave (which was to be fair, quite a bargain).
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post #200 of 483
8/13/12 at 5:46pm

I cant see a price on the Hex. It looks pretty interesting though.

 

How much is it?

 

Regards Macrog

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post #201 of 483
8/13/12 at 7:24pm

I've heard slightly conflicting reports so far, in different currencies. One said 2400 euro for the base model, with options like USB as extra. Another website gave a price of 3000 UKP - presumably for the fully kitted out version.

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post #202 of 483
8/13/12 at 7:27pm
Yeah the Hex is going to cost a bomb. It's balanced and yeah....

I'm going to buy an Octave in the next few months. Hold me to it.
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post #203 of 483
8/14/12 at 8:44am
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I've heard slightly conflicting reports so far, in different currencies. One said 2400 euro for the base model, with options like USB as extra. Another website gave a price of 3000 UKP - presumably for the fully kitted out version.

 

Oh no! every new DAC must have a price 2K-4K and beyond.

Is our money shrinking or what?

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post #204 of 483
8/14/12 at 9:18am
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post #205 of 483
8/17/12 at 3:32pm
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Yeah the Hex is going to cost a bomb. It's balanced and yeah....
I'm going to buy an Octave in the next few months. Hold me to it.

Pre-ordered my Metrum Octave biggrin.gif.

3 days....
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post #206 of 483
8/18/12 at 1:16am
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Pre-ordered my Metrum Octave biggrin.gif.
3 days....

 

Congrats. You will enjoy it

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post #207 of 483
8/18/12 at 4:49am
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Originally Posted by MomijiTMO View Post

Yeah the Hex is going to cost a bomb. It's balanced and yeah....
I'm going to buy an Octave in the next few months. Hold me to it.

Pre-ordered my Metrum Octave biggrin.gif.

3 days....

 

Look forward to reading your impressions. I suggest using something better than the optical input with it if you can.

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post #208 of 483
8/18/12 at 4:54am
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Look forward to reading your impressions. I suggest using something better than the optical input with it if you can.

 

+1. A transport is a good idea.

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post #209 of 483
8/18/12 at 8:49pm
I have some cd transports. I'm not going to get mine until mid September so you are going to have to wait.
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post #210 of 483
8/19/12 at 3:47pm

Been listeninging to my new octave for a couple of days now. Very good first impressions so far!

 

 

I think it pairs very nicely with electrostats, very airy and ethereal but still have that analog-like feel to it.

Very happy with the dac overall and I believe that it's a keeper :)

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