DAC Event in Phoenix AZ August 24th

Where does one purcahse the Black Ice Audio? I only see a few on eBay and Jolida's website mentions nothing about dealers or purchasing options. Very strange.

Sorry if I missed it somewhere, what were the Test tracks?

Thanks. 

@audionoobie, Black Ice sells through dealers as far as I know. Underwood Hifi is one of them. For the event, I just contacted them directly via the website information.

@toneranger58 , the test tracks are not listed anywhere. I am going to see if we can get them listed on our webpage somewhere. Off the top of my head some of them were:

• Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
• MOD - Skyrim Age of Oppression
• Jack Johnson - Wasting Time
• Turtle Island Quartet - Julie O
• Andreas Vollenweider - Pyramid (Live Zurich)
• Bastille - An Act of Kindness
• Erich Kunzel - Robin Hood Theme
• Thomas Bergersen - Final Frontier
• Ottmar Liebert - Fireopal
• Hall & Oats - Out of Touch
  

Thank you very much for holding this demonstration and for your reporting of it.  It's going to be one of the more popular readings on this site.

I would add my voice to that of toneranger58 and inquire about the tracks.

My second question is about the methodology although it may convey a misunderstanding.  It looks as though you had three initial sessions, each ranking 3 DACs.  You then took the three winners and had a 4th session choosing a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall winners.   A DAC that took second place under the winner in one of the initial three sessions was then, in effect, knocked out of consideration for the final listen.  Logically, though, a DAC placing second (or even third) in one of the initial three sessions might have been ranked above one of the three initial session winners--if given the chance.

Have I got that right?

@melm, you are correct in your thinking. It is possible a second place dac could have beat a finalist. It was just the way the bracketing system worked within the time constraints we had. Kind of like March Madness.