[jamca]

Not personally. It's better to just use an end point though; either Ambre or a Pi4 with Ropieee will provide superb SQ.

Thx for the reply, very useful…

 

[jamca]

Anyone today listening with the Pavane?? Any opinions compared to newer Dacs??

 

[ken6217]

I still am. I re-boughy one again a few months ago. This is the third one I’ve had after trying many others, including it’s predecessors… Morpheus and Pasithea.

 

[johnnypaddock]

Paane/Adagio is such a nice DAC. Really natural sound with tremendous dynamics. I love the overall presentation where nothing is over-emphasized and everything comes together beautifully.

 

[lithiumnk]

Anyone today listening with the Pavane?? Any opinions compared to newer Dacs??

Yeah
Sticking to pavane dac 2 till it dies permanently. Got my unit 5 yrs back.

 

[gvl2016]

Anyone today listening with the Pavane?? Any opinions compared to newer Dacs??

Define “newer DACs”.

 

[George Hincapie]

Yeah
Sticking to pavane dac 2 till it dies permanently. Got my unit 5 yrs back.

I've been trying to sell my Adagio for over 6 months. Less than half price and still can't shift it. F M L.

 

[gvl2016]

I've been trying to sell my Adagio for over 6 months. Less than half price and still can't shift it. F M L.

The DAC market is very crowded today and couple hundred bucks buys you a nearly perfect device. Sites like the ASR increased general awareness of the DAC technology for the masses and peeps no longer go by the “it sounds good” recommendations alone. So yeah, it’s not too surprising a boutique NOS DAC is a harder sell these days.

 

[George Hincapie]

The DAC market is very crowded today and couple hundred bucks buys you a nearly perfect device. Sites like the ASR increased general awareness of the DAC technology for the masses and peeps no longer go by the “it sounds good” recommendations alone. So yeah, it’s not too surprising a boutique NOS DAC is a harder sell these days.

The DAC market has always been very crowded; I am find this an exercise in frustration though.

 

[jamca]

Define “newer DACs”.

I mean something like rme adi 2 dac fs, eversolo ect…

 

[jamca]

I've been trying to sell my Adagio for over 6 months. Less than half price and still can't shift it. F M L.

Is there a specific reason you wanna sell it? Everyone says that prat is top notch, depth and soundstage also and fatigue free. What would you buy after adagio?

 

[gvl2016]

I mean something like rme adi 2 dac fs, eversolo ect…

They are much cleaner sounding devices than the Pavane. I ended up preferring the “correct” digital sound they produce. The Pavane was fun but eventually I became frustrated with its lack of precision, oversampling externally or not.

 

[George Hincapie]

Is there a specific reason you wanna sell it? Everyone says that prat is top notch, depth and soundstage also and fatigue free. What would you buy after adagio?

I bought an Audial S5.

 

[lithiumnk]

I've been trying to sell my Adagio for over 6 months. Less than half price and still can't shift it. F M L.

I’ve shared your headfi sales link with my friends. I hope someone reaches out to you.

 

[lithiumnk]

They are much cleaner sounding devices than the Pavane. I ended up preferring the “correct” digital sound they produce. The Pavane was fun but eventually I became frustrated with its lack of precision, oversampling externally or not.

With proper implementation of ext upsampling the flaws you mentioned are pretty much corrected.
HQP/PGGP upsampling have better results on true NOS dacs imo.