Venus 15th owner here - not slow nor soft.
Are all R2R dacs slow and soft?
I've tried a few.
Border Patrol, Sonnet, MHDT, Mojo, and a few others I can't recall.
They all seem to have a slow, soft rolled off sound that lacked detail. The Mojo being the exception, but was still on the softer side.
I'm now interested hearing the LTA Aero and the May Audio Spring.
If anyone is familiar with these 2, is it more of the same, or do either one of these stand out from the rest of the crowd?
The reason I'm looking around is I have a PS Audio DirectStream MK2 with the Airlens, and it's very nice and super detailed, but on some recordings, it can be pretty unforgiving and bright. I'm looking to take the edge of without the sound turning soft and mushy, and lacking detail.
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@danmar123 Aurender N200 is excellent. And it has a solid network improvement but…what the switch will give you is ability to implement a high quality Ethernet cable for your streamer. When I had the N200 I could hear differences between Ethernet cables. I used Purist Audio CAT7 Ethernet cable into N200. Then tried Audience Hidden Treasure and sold the Purist. |
I've been doing my homework since the summer. I have so many USB, Interconnect & power cables on on my lists, that's driving me crazy. (lol) I do like your suggestion of the Audience cables, but I'm a big fan of ''OCC'', Neotech are on my top of the list for cables do to the OCC. Happy New Year everyone! |
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+1 And since the Venus 15 is essentially the same as the Terminator 2 mentioned by dpac996, that makes three of us contesting the idea that it is slow/soft. I've had two other R2R DACs which I would not describe as slow or soft. But I suppose softness is relative; if one is used to a bright component, a neutral one may sound soft, even if it is more accurate. |
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