Watchdog
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Sorry it has taken me so long to reply to this thread. I suppose I'm not spending much time with audio these days.
I hosted the mini-meet and due to some time constraints I had, I didn't get to listen to any piece of equipment for an extended period of time.
I was a bit disappointed in what I heard though. I was hoping to be blown away by something like Xtreme4099's extreme PPA with HP1s and a Meridian as the source. No such luck this time and I was disappointed that I wasn't blown away by the DAC1, Dynahi or anything else. Granted we didn't have headphones as nice as the HP1s at the meet, but nothing at the meet impressed me. Not even the vaunted DAC1.
Having said that I still might purchase the DAC1 down the road, just because it's such a versatile product and affordable.
Due to it's small size the DAC1 would be the cornerstone of a great bedroom system. It can be coupled with a CD or DVD player feeding a power amp and a pair of bookshelf speakers. You have a complete system and your headphone amp there as well. So although I wasn't blown away by it, I thought the DAC1 was nice and good value for the money.
I hosted the mini-meet and due to some time constraints I had, I didn't get to listen to any piece of equipment for an extended period of time.
I was a bit disappointed in what I heard though. I was hoping to be blown away by something like Xtreme4099's extreme PPA with HP1s and a Meridian as the source. No such luck this time and I was disappointed that I wasn't blown away by the DAC1, Dynahi or anything else. Granted we didn't have headphones as nice as the HP1s at the meet, but nothing at the meet impressed me. Not even the vaunted DAC1.
Having said that I still might purchase the DAC1 down the road, just because it's such a versatile product and affordable.
Due to it's small size the DAC1 would be the cornerstone of a great bedroom system. It can be coupled with a CD or DVD player feeding a power amp and a pair of bookshelf speakers. You have a complete system and your headphone amp there as well. So although I wasn't blown away by it, I thought the DAC1 was nice and good value for the money.