Comments on Profile Post by rfernand

Or buy it because it's not used and has a 5 year warranty. But only if it doesn't sound bass boosted like their MB DACs (Modi might be an exception).

@Claritas out of curiosity more for my own reference have you heard gungnir A2 ? I wouldn't consider that a bass boosted MB DAC at least next to bifrost 2

Bifrost 2 was a bit thick. But yeah, I could not call Gungnir or Yggdrasil OG bass-boosted.

What I will say is that unison to unison is tubier and bloomy.

Yes. They're all bass-boosted; some more, some less. That's part of their house sound (in DACs). I can see how it could help with bookshelf speakers. With headphones, I find it throws everything off. The only explanation I can think of for their popularity is that few music lovers, nowadays, care all that much about neutrality. In any case, a man should enjoy whatever he enjoys.

We also hear different things - I can’t say I like LCD-X with the Kann Cube (the ESS brightness kills me!) but 325x and 6xx overcompensate just enough.

Amps, same thing. Eddie Current Studio B (I think) was so surgical and sterile and super black… and I loved it with DCA Stealth. But Focal Utopia nope, I got to the pain threshold very quickly…

Thank you for telling me your experiences. I'd guess that's synergy. I know from experience that synergy can improve the sound of a set of equipment. But I've also seen synergy used to supplement the defects of the equipment. I think every piece of equipment should sound accurate on its own. And synergy should be sought only to augment that, if possible—to "tie the room together," like the Dude's rug.

I’ve come to terms with the fact nothing sounds accurate. Everything (DAC, amp, speakers, etc.) has an opinion on the sound (distortion).

To me the hobby is about putting together the things that reproduce sound the way I like it (and instruments I know in a “realistic way”).

Alas, like The Beatles sang… nothing is real and nothing to get hung about :D

(Unless it sounds like ass)