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A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio

I felt strongly that I wanted to inform the Gon members about a new DAC that ranks with the very best on the market regarding performance, but costs around $2,000.00.  The Lab12 DAC1 SE was compared to three reference level DACS that retail for over $12.000.00 in my review for hometheaterreview.com and was at least on the same level sonicly, if not better.  This DAC from Greece is not just "good for the money" but competes with virtually anything on the market regardless of price!

For all the details about the Lab12 DAC1 SE performance and what other DACS it was compared to take a look at the review.  If you are shopping/looking for a new digital front end to drive your system, you owe it to yourself to check this DAC out, unless you like to spend tons of more $ without getting better performance.
teajay

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cleeds
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audiotroy
We agree that professional reviewers should stay off these forums ...
Professional reviewers are permitted to post here, just as dealers such as yourself are allowed. The reader can decide for himself the value of each post and contributor.

I agree that teajay’s breathless promotion here is a bit odd.
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audiotroy
It is sad but believe it many of those glowing reviews in the press may be colored by outside factors other than just the products merits ... What is also distressing with these tiny companies with newly minted rave reviews is how stable is the product? ...
Audiogon's terms of use allow reviewers to post here just as they allow you - a dealer - to post here. It's just that simple. If you don't like it, your complaint should be directed to the moderators, not to me.
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cleeds
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mzkmxcv
... timbre is just about distortion, it’s why a guitar and a piano playing the same frequency key sounds different.
Timbre is an inherent quality of real musical instruments, and a more correct analogy is that it’s what makes one piano sounds different than another piano. Timbre is not distortion; a piano is supposed to sound like a piano, not a pure tone from a frequency generator.
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cleeds
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mzkmxcv
So, harmonics? Do you know what THD stands for?
Do you actually believe that all harmonics are distortion?
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mzkmxcv
 ... if we measure all variables, we can accurately describe what it will (or won’t) sound like.
That's an extraordinary claim, and contradicts what many experienced designers of audio components think.  Do you have a list of "all variables" that you would require to "accurately describe" what a component would sound like?
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mzkmxcv

That’s odd, as every designer Inknow aims for measured excellence.
Me too. But of the few that I've spoken with, none believed the specs tell the whole story. You disagree, which is fine.
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