I'm listening to the North Star 192 as I'm typing this. Fabulous and frightening difference between it and the 24/96 upsampling MSB Link III that I have as well. I listen through Sennheiser HD 600 headphones and the difference is obvious with better definition and soundstage and bass resolution, better tympany on snare drums; more 'airy' overall. I can only imagine how the difference would be with great speakers. (Unfortunately my dedicated music room has to await house renovation). Now the best part; the MSB lists just under $700US. The NorthStar 192 will probably cost me...under $700US...TOTAL!
NorthStar dac's
Hi,
I was reading up on this company from Italy called NorthStar where they have 2 dac's, the Model 3 24/96 and the Model192 24/192. They also have a model 4 but this is just a upsample module at 24/96.
There was a review on both at TNT Audio where the review was good.
I would like to hear from anyone who is using or tried this dac's on how you liked them, how they sounded & perphas even how they compared to other dac's!
BTW, the Model 3 & 4 now is only available as a Kit version only!
Thanks in advance!
Rgds,
Ramesh
I was reading up on this company from Italy called NorthStar where they have 2 dac's, the Model 3 24/96 and the Model192 24/192. They also have a model 4 but this is just a upsample module at 24/96.
There was a review on both at TNT Audio where the review was good.
I would like to hear from anyone who is using or tried this dac's on how you liked them, how they sounded & perphas even how they compared to other dac's!
BTW, the Model 3 & 4 now is only available as a Kit version only!
Thanks in advance!
Rgds,
Ramesh