I own one. Have it for about one month and love it.
Currently using a Music Hall CD25 as a transport and a Black Cat Veloce digital cable to conect the two.
Rest of system is Shindo Masseto and Cortese and a pair of Altec Valencia 846a speakers.
All of the detail you could wish for but with a snaturalness and a smoothness that is indeed very analog-like. I haven't found anything to really criticize from a sound or music standpoint.
Not sure if my unit is even fully burned in and I haven't bothered experimenting with supports or power cord upgrades since I have almost zero interest in such stuff.
For point of comparison, my analog front end is an Origin Live Resolution and Encounter tt and tonearm with a Zyx Airy 3X with silver base and an Auditorium 23 SUT. The dac is worthy competition indeed for the vinyl although it does not unseat it for top place.
All in all, a very impressive dac for the money IMHO. I bought it as an upgrade for an Underwood Hifi fully modified CD25.2, which itself was no slouch in the giant-killing department and I can assure you the approx. $1600 teddypardo betters it in all the aspects that are important to me, the most important of which is sounding natural and solid like good analog.
Currently using a Music Hall CD25 as a transport and a Black Cat Veloce digital cable to conect the two.
Rest of system is Shindo Masseto and Cortese and a pair of Altec Valencia 846a speakers.
All of the detail you could wish for but with a snaturalness and a smoothness that is indeed very analog-like. I haven't found anything to really criticize from a sound or music standpoint.
Not sure if my unit is even fully burned in and I haven't bothered experimenting with supports or power cord upgrades since I have almost zero interest in such stuff.
For point of comparison, my analog front end is an Origin Live Resolution and Encounter tt and tonearm with a Zyx Airy 3X with silver base and an Auditorium 23 SUT. The dac is worthy competition indeed for the vinyl although it does not unseat it for top place.
All in all, a very impressive dac for the money IMHO. I bought it as an upgrade for an Underwood Hifi fully modified CD25.2, which itself was no slouch in the giant-killing department and I can assure you the approx. $1600 teddypardo betters it in all the aspects that are important to me, the most important of which is sounding natural and solid like good analog.