[Zachik]

Today I met Cees at the Dutch Audio Event Talked about the new DAC Pasithea (see photo's). Due to chip shortage he ordered some different chips which turned out better than the ones in Morpheus. Good news.

Any word on price? Release date?

 

[ken6217]

Father of Morpheus is the Pasithea. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Ok, you’re wrong. This is the Mother.

 

[ken6217]

From Sonnet Facebook:

 

[thecrow]

Ok, you’re wrong. This is the Mother.

You’re waiting for Hypnos

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/morpheus-the-god-of-dreams/

 

[ken6217]

Whatever the Pasithea is, it is the in between DAC between the Morpheus and whatever relative he's going to call it.

 

[jaboki]

Whatever the Pasithea is, it is the in between DAC between the Morpheus and whatever relative he's going to call it.

If Pasithea is the "in between", it's interesting that he's releasing 2 flagships?

 

[ken6217]

Looks that way unless I'm reading it wrong. Seems odd to come out with a new flagship, and then say there will be another after that. I'd then wait for the next one.

 

[jaboki]

Looks that way unless I'm reading it wrong. Seems odd to come out with a new flagship, and then say there will be another after that. I'd then wait for the next one.

Yea, a bit confusing for sure, haha. I guess just wait and see.

 

[BlackMagic]

Only confusing given Cees' dry sense of humour - refer previous posts. 'There can be only One'.

https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/sonnet-pasithea/

 

[Rebel Chris]

Any word on price? Release date?

Next year January if all parts are produced in time, around 6k.

 

[buson160man]

I am giving this DAC strong consideration , but I guess a slight concern is the creator has already moved on to pastures new.....or old in this case.
I am currently driving my 1266 TCs with a Burson 3X Reference Amp/DAC .......so would have this for a month or so but then probably going for the Niimbus US5 Pro.
I see a lot about not using USB........as I am a novice this concerns me a little.

I have a burson conductor 3 ref myself. I am curious about the sonnet morpheus myself after reading the darko and 6 moons review of it. I was a early adopter of the ref 3 buying it directly from burson at the introductory price. I was pretty happy at the beginning but after using it awhile I was sensing a signature of a sort that I did not hear with the Burson ha-160 amp I have, I did some comparisons between the headphone amp section in the conductor 3 and the ha-160 headphone amp(with the ref 3 optioned for dac only operation) . After a pretty good contest I actually prefer the ha-160 headphone amplifier. The ha-160 sounds more analog like and does not have the electronic signature I suspect is due to the switching power supply burson uses in the conductor 3 ref. But I am thinking about trading in my Burson ref 3 for a morpheus 2.One thing I did with the conductor is I tried a a IEC corded power supply on the burson and got a noticeable improvement over the c7 corded power supply burson uses on the ref 3. I read all the stuff about how good the power supply is they provide but used my ears and that clearly showed the IEC power supply was superior. And it works fine. But as I had mentioned before I am thinking about trading up to the Morpheus. Just wish there was a dealer close to me unfortunately not. You would think in a city the size of Chicago there would be a dealer closer than Green Bay wisconsin. Oh well.

 

[ken6217]

In this day and age, why do you need a dealer near you? Everything is online. Look for one that will give you a trial period if possible.

 

[ken6217]

Here’s one for $2745, a demo with warranty.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649787950-sonnet-morpheus-dac-demo-w-warranty/

 

[Wes S]

Here’s one for $2745, a demo with warranty.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649787950-sonnet-morpheus-dac-demo-w-warranty/

That sold quick.

 

[ken6217]

He’s an authorized dealer. Give him a call and see if he’ll give you a deal on one. Ask him if he’ll give you a trial basis in case you don’t like it.