I would say the market speaks for itself. There are plenty of dcs and msb used dacs on the market but not much playback design dacs. There is also a multiple month wait for the PBD dacs, last I heard was if ordering now, you get it in august. It gives a smooth/analog but yet detailed...

I only spent a quick 5 min on the headphone so I dont feel qualified to go into detail. Truth be told I was scared to buy one on the spot and I obliterated my budget for audio already recent.

:) Immanis > Utopia I own the Utopia. I feel timbre is better on the Immanis by quite a bit. Utopia is great all rounder including how easy it is to drive it.

I am good. Similar to you TC was what got me engaged in the hobby as I mentioned to you before. After I continued to upgrade electronics for the TC, swapping in speakers was extremely easy. Ever since going 2 channel, never looked back as I enjoy it much much more than headphones. These days I...

Ken are you still doing the quitting hobby then re entering hobby cycle? I think by now we can both just assume we are life long music lovers and the hobby chose us.

Trollabundin On Slor Performed by Eivor ^Check this song out, wow. How can vocals be so fierce but peaceful at the same time?

The MPD8 is likely my favorite item in the chain, if not that, then the rowland 555 amps. System is sounding absolutely wonderful. If you are ever in NY, swing by.

Mint condition Focal 2022, item was bought from Musictek with receipt as proof to show length of ownership. Lazuli Lite cable was also bought around 2 months ago. All original boxes, manuals, paperwork, x2 stock XLR cables included. Please check head-fi feedback for the endless times of me...

I do not believe so, only the tube amps from Raal I believe.

I was at axpona 2024 and this headphone with its own raal amp was absolutely amazing. If I ever bought this headphone, I'd just buy that amp. Did anyone actually like a different amp OVER the Raal amp for the Immanis? The show stoppers for me at the whole Axpona were the Grand Focal Utopias...

No sorry. I did see Zach from ZMF having one of the larger booths in the headphone section. Dude seems to be growing his brand pretty fast.

Yes brother, I thought the same when I got to hear it so I got to pass it on to my head fi brothas!

Axpona 2024, first time, they have a dedicated headphone section (quite large) Kind of cool they giving headphones a lot of love! Absolutely love the Warwick all in one, convenient, sounds great. A song I hear at a few different rooms that caught my attention was: Layla (Arr. for Guitar by...

What I respect about Puritan a lot is how they do not have crazy pricing seen in many other companies. They deserve all the recognition they get. The owner of Puritan also seems like a great guy in general.

Roasty is the brotha, very friendly down to earth guy. Yeah the first impression I got from DCS was that it catered to the uber wealthy. Their demos and their rooms are always done extremely well and I always respected that, but the thing that rubbed me the wrong way about the brand was that...

I dislike my local DCS dealer so it was easier to be less curious. :)

Oladra AES to MPSX Playlink Connection to MPD8. The Oladra player of course is a very capable player but for my ears the MPSX with the synergy to MPD8 works better for me. With any other non PBD DAC, I would assume the Oladra by itself compared to being with the MPSX being negligible. Thats...

Whoa

Oladra is definitely overall a step above K50, though the value purchase would be the K50. There is a step up in resolution and instrument separation that is quite amazing with the Oladra and it gives an effortless presentation. Same with MPD6 to MPD8, value to performance ratio to the MPD6...

Giddy, excited, nervous, wide eyed, broke.

Not sure why but I was smiling while reading this post, probably because it makes me feel less crazy that others think similar. I vididly remember making the justification to buy a new amp and buy a used work vehicle even though it would have been much much more practical to buy a new work...

That is very interesting, as mentioned before this was the selfish thing that I would "like to hear" as I own the Playback DAC, but I am still going to try DCS myself in the future as I feel they must have a large fan base for a good reason. I myself own the MPD8 and this was my very first...

Congrats on the purchase. Happy listening!

Which dac did you get off Mike? Just curious.

No sir, but being K50-less does hurt a lil.