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09-17-11
Staehli, what's the source you are using with the benchmark ... Lewinskih01
09-18-11
Lewinski, source is a lite cd 21 transport with 44 and 96khz ... Staehli
09-18-11
Staehli, i am not familiar with the cd 21 transport, but fr ... Lewinskih01
09-19-11
Lewinski, with the benchmark, i liked the 44.1 output better ... Staehli
09-28-11
Hello charles1dad. i was wondering if your octave finally c ... Lewinskih01
09-28-11
Lewinskih01, the post office mistakenly has returned my metr ... Charles1dad
09-29-11
I use the metrum octave with an audiophilleo2, and amarra 2. ... B_mueller
09-29-11
I use the metrum octave with an audiophilleo2, and amarra 2. ... B_mueller
09-29-11
Charles1dad: so sorry to hear that. that's frustrating! will ... Lewinskih01
09-29-11
Thanks for sharing your early impressions. so far most new o ... Charles1dad
09-29-11
I run without preamp, directly into nuforce 9se v3. the metr ... B_mueller
10-01-11
What a nice "metrum" thread have ordered one as w ... Kyrill1
10-01-11
Kyrill1, thanks, i`d never sell the yamamoto before audition ... Charles1dad
10-02-11
Unless i missed an earlier post on this... if 20 pins, mayb ... Wildmonkeysects
10-02-11
Nemmind..i found a pic, and the metrum chips are 16 pin. Wildmonkeysects
10-07-11
Hi all a vew weeks ago i wrote about my first impressions of ... Staehli
10-08-11
Strange. i cannot hear this shortcomings with my metrum. B_mueller
10-08-11
Hi, staehli, sorry to hear about your problems with the metr ... Charles1dad
10-08-11
Has anyone heard or considered the acoustic plan dac? it is ... Plinko
10-09-11
Charles, it is indeed ironic especially since i'm comparing ... Staehli
10-10-11
Well, per ups my metrum octave should arrive today. if so i` ... Charles1dad
10-10-11
Charles1dad, i have listened to 4 dacs in the last month or ... Onemug
10-10-11
Hi onemug, your dac sounds like quite a find. is it nos, mul ... Charles1dad
10-11-11
Charles1dad, my dac is nos. not sure what it's based on. pow ... Onemug
10-11-11: Charles1dad
Well at last my Metrum Octave came today(praise the lord!)
Within 20 minutes I had it setup and playing.
To get right to the point, this thing is special,very special. Cees warns of initial brightness and says in several weeks the Octave settles in. This must be system dependent, the sound is quite extended but the high frequencies are refined and a bit sweet, but I don`t appreciate brightness,edge or harshness at all.
This DAC caught me off guard(despite the review and comparisons on 6 moons and the various forums)it is utterly transparent,crystal clear with very high resolution. But here`s the strange part, it as organic and fluid(already) as my Yamamoto YDA DAC with the same smooth-relaxed presentation but it`s clearly more dynamic and bigger sounding, larger scale and noticably faster. This was an unexpected finding at this very early stage.
The Yamamoto is a top performing DAC that has bettered many other digital sources with it`s natural character and tone. I`ve absolutely have enjoyed this DAC and felt it was worth every penny, 2,500 USD in Feb-2010.I must be honest, the Octave is just simply superior(believe me that`s saying something!).I listened to Sarah Vaughn, John Coltrane-Johnny Hartman and then Miles Davis. These were examples of very often played CDs I know so well and have heard in many different systems.
The strong sense of living breathing palpable performers in your space "exceeds" the Yamamoto(which did this so convincingly).
The Octave must have a lower noise floor and or higher S/N ratio, venue nuance,ambience and micro details are rendered on a higher level.
I`m not trying to beatup the Yamamoto(it`s provided me with much musical enjoyment) but in just 3 hours of listening,all of these observations were so apparent.
Summary, Exceptional refined tone and timbre(rich but not fat or bloated)
Beautiful overtones and harmonic preservation(cymbals sound so real and natural, wow!)
Superb transparent and clear sound, no veils at all.
Very high detail level and resolution, yet very organic at the same time. Really similar to the Coincident preamp and SET amplifier.
Maybe after such a long wait I just got lucky, it fits so well with my current components.
All listening was with plain old 16/44.1 Redbook and it`s the best CD sound I`ve ever heard in my system(without question). I`m going to the RMAF in a few days and will run the Octave 24/7 while I`m away.
Best Regards,
Charles1dad (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)
10-12-11
Thanks for the update charles. this is one i would really li ... Tubegroover
10-12-11
Forgot to mention that the octave has a seperate 14va power ... Charles1dad
10-12-11
Thanks a ton charles. another interesting review this is. ho ... Pani
10-12-11
Hi charles, i've been following this thread, since i have a ... Debrey
10-12-11
David, i am using wave editor and routinely upsample 16/44.1 ... B_mueller
10-12-11
Hi, pani the bass is very much like the yamamoto`s (meaning ... Charles1dad
10-18-11
Update impressions of the octave: this is an exceptionally d ... Charles1dad
10-19-11
Excellent review. you have the system to show what this dac ... Onemug
10-19-11
Onemug, thanks for the kind remarks. you can research and re ... Charles1dad
10-20-11
My eagerly awaited octave came this week and out of the box ... Jaspert
10-20-11
Jaspert, sorry to hear of your troubles. hope you get it so ... Soundqcar
10-20-11
I have to say metrum was quick to respond to my query. cee ... Jaspert
10-20-11
Soundqcar, you`re welcome. no component will satisfy everyon ... Charles1dad
10-22-11
This thread is amazing !!! Pani
10-22-11
I must confess that i canceled my order for the metrum. i ha ... Soundqcar
10-22-11
I ordered the metrum octave in september to be used with a s ... Thequietman
10-22-11
Further thoughts on two excellent dacs, i have over 200 hour ... Charles1dad
10-23-11
Quietman, i have no insight regarding the eximus, but if yo ... Lewinskih01
10-23-11
having both non-oversampling and oversampling digital sourc ... Clio09
10-23-11
thank you for the update, charles! best wishes, alex peyc ... Aplhifi
10-23-11
Clio09, no disagreement with your observation, i was reflect ... Charles1dad
10-23-11
Alex, you`re welcome. Charles1dad
10-24-11
Yes charles, i appreciated your observations. i guess my com ... Clio09
10-25-11
I am happy i reinstated this thread :-) thank you charles fo ... Pani
10-25-11
Hi pani, i`ve gradually learned over the years how to choose ... Charles1dad
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