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.
Slow, Soft or veiled are NOT characteristics I would attribute to R2R DACs. Slow, and Soft is how most SACD’s I have heard sound except the latest PS Signature Audio model that does the 512 up sampling. That model is OUTSTANDING!! Those attributes sound a lot like some USB cables that I demo’d and are not up to snuff. |
@traudio awesome! This tells me you can improve the sound further by getting better Ethernet cables. Keep the switch as you can split into Airlens and Roon Core. I found no sound degradation with this switch in my system so you should be good if you want to keep it. |
