[celo83]

That’s good but my Ardbeg of choice is Uigeadail. The Port Charlotte is probably the best bang for buck Scotch out there. But if you want amazing try the Bruichladdich Octomore!

I know but $200-$300 little too steep AFAIK, Octomore and PC same/sister company?

 

[Spawn300Z]

I know but $200-$300 little too steep AFAIK, Octomore and PC same/sister company?

You don’t have to share with everyone. It’s a must try!

 

[celo83]

You don’t have to share with everyone. It’s a must try!

Oyy any specific one?

 

[Spawn300Z]

Oyy any specific one?

Stay with a .1 version (I.e. 13.1:14.1). The others are better but not that much better for the extra money.

 

[ardbeg1975]

Too rare and expensive now, but my favorite Islay malt from years ago was Port Ellen.

 

[technomagus]

That’s good but my Ardbeg of choice is Uigeadail. The Port Charlotte is probably the best bang for buck Scotch out there. But if you want amazing try the Bruichladdich Octomore!

All very nice indeed, but my favourite is the Black Art series from Bruichladdich - each release is slightly difference, but they're the finest whiskies I've ever tasted - I've got the 3 and 4 releases (I think they're on 9 now)

 

[xtr4]

My fav Lagavulin

 

[xtr4]

After moving up onto Aries Cerat Helene, I sorely miss the Tambaqui's small form factor and weight lol

 

[Whazzzup]

i just want to say mola mola... that's it

 

[Spawn300Z]

My fav Lagavulin

Can’t go wrong with that.

 

[sabloke]

My Kula with the optional DAC module has arrived, played it for a week now. Got me speechless, it really did, sounds amazing. The amp is manhandling my Dynaudio Contour 60i like they're small bookshelfs, not 52kg a piece beasts. I normally listen at 80—ish dBs, that's an 11:00 on Kula, but she's maxing out at 17:00... The only upgrade avenue I see now is an external streamer, but I'm not convinced it is worth the money and spoiling the one box system. Stoked!

 

[RustyGates]

Here's an interesting read on why apodization is the better choice: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mqa-time-domain-accuracy-digital-audio-quality
(ignore the MQA stuff)

This is the filtering and noise shaping response of the Tambaqui and there's a legit good reason why B.Putzeys chose that instead of brick wall.

 

[celo83]

What chip is used in this DAC?

 

[alxw0w]

What chip is used in this DAC?

None, it's discrete custom design.
You can read more here (and here) directly from the designer Bruno Putzeys

 

[technomagus]

None, it's discrete custom design.
You can read more here (and here) directly from the designer Bruno Putzeys

My understanding is that all signal processing is carried out by SHARC FPGAs, with the signal then fed to a discrete FIR DAC.