ChaiTeac
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I made an account to post in this thread. There aren't many reviews of the r2r 11 around and this thread was very helpful, I bought one because of it!
My r2r 11 arrived today having ordered it from MagnaHiFi in the Netherlands. I thought since this thread was so useful to me, I would post my thoughts here once I've had a decent listen and I'll compare it to my old DAC amp, the Oppo HA-2se, which uses the Sabre ES9028-Q2M, a lower power version of the chip used in the NFB 11.28 I believe - or at least comparable.
I was expecting something clearly vintage sounding but it doesn't sound drastically different to the Oppo that I'm used to. It does however make my Oppo seem detailed but relatively two dimensional. That's not to say the r2r 11 is not detailed at all, something which worried me slightly as someone here was comparing the r2r 11 to the Mojo and said that the r2r 11 had noticeably less detail than the Mojo. I'm aware that the Mojo is a better unit than the HA-2se but I don't feel like I'm trading details for musicality with the r2r 11. The r2r 11 has a 3D nature to its sound which - based on an hour of listening thus far - is subtle and nicely catches me off guard. I'm noticing things about my music that I hadn't before so that's the tell-tale sign of a good audio purchase isn't it?
I haven't done A/B testing between the two, I'll give the r2r 11 some time to 'burn in' and then I'll try a proper comparison in a later post.
And I don't know if it's still a talking point in this thread but I do get the 'popping' sound on WASAPI (event), ASIO and DS through the USB-2 out on my laptop.
My r2r 11 arrived today having ordered it from MagnaHiFi in the Netherlands. I thought since this thread was so useful to me, I would post my thoughts here once I've had a decent listen and I'll compare it to my old DAC amp, the Oppo HA-2se, which uses the Sabre ES9028-Q2M, a lower power version of the chip used in the NFB 11.28 I believe - or at least comparable.
I was expecting something clearly vintage sounding but it doesn't sound drastically different to the Oppo that I'm used to. It does however make my Oppo seem detailed but relatively two dimensional. That's not to say the r2r 11 is not detailed at all, something which worried me slightly as someone here was comparing the r2r 11 to the Mojo and said that the r2r 11 had noticeably less detail than the Mojo. I'm aware that the Mojo is a better unit than the HA-2se but I don't feel like I'm trading details for musicality with the r2r 11. The r2r 11 has a 3D nature to its sound which - based on an hour of listening thus far - is subtle and nicely catches me off guard. I'm noticing things about my music that I hadn't before so that's the tell-tale sign of a good audio purchase isn't it?
I haven't done A/B testing between the two, I'll give the r2r 11 some time to 'burn in' and then I'll try a proper comparison in a later post.
And I don't know if it's still a talking point in this thread but I do get the 'popping' sound on WASAPI (event), ASIO and DS through the USB-2 out on my laptop.