I was witness to some interesting horse trading of Audio Note DACs at Deja Vu about six or seven years ago. A customer came in looking to audition a DAC 5 which he hoped to partially finance by trading in his DAC 4. The owner of the shop, Vu Hoang, recalled that another customer with a DAC 3 was interested in trading up to the DAC 4. He called the customer with the DAC 3 and had him come into the shop with the DAC 3. I got to listen to the three DACs played in a blind comparison. At the end of the audition, the DAC 3 owner traded it in and took the DAC 4 of the other customer who decided to trade up to the DAC 5. I personally thought that the DAC 4 was the sweet spot. The DAC 5 was better by a slight margin, but, it was WAY more expensive.
Stereo Times review on Audio Note UK DAC 3.1/II just went live
My review for the Stereo Times website just was posted tonight. As I explain I have had in the last three years over 12 DACs in for review, ranging in price from $1,000 to $45,000. Well, the Audio Note UK DAC3.1/II was so much more musical and analog in nature that I was somewhat taken aback by its performance in my system.
For all the details regarding this DACs performance and why I purchased it after the review take a look at the review piece. If you are looking for DAC at the present time, I highly recommend you consider auditioning one of the Audio Note DACs before you purchase your next digital front end.
http://v2.stereotimes.com/post/audio-note-dac3.1x-ii-balanced-by-terry-london/
Teajay (Terry London)
For all the details regarding this DACs performance and why I purchased it after the review take a look at the review piece. If you are looking for DAC at the present time, I highly recommend you consider auditioning one of the Audio Note DACs before you purchase your next digital front end.
http://v2.stereotimes.com/post/audio-note-dac3.1x-ii-balanced-by-terry-london/
Teajay (Terry London)