mattnshilp
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi all. Sorry for the forever no post. Work has been insane and the family. Everything has been pretty stable system wise, and I haven’t had much of a chance to hear anything new other then Merrill Audio’s new 116 and 118 monoblock amplifiers; whi... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour Sksos- I also owned the Veritas and they definitely were power cord sensitive. My comment is based on Merrill’s statement that the power supply in the 116 and 118 is immune to power cords. I have personally not tested that statement. I’m a big fan... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour I just had someone message me through my Audiogon thread asking me to comment on the difference between a Rowland 625 S2 and the Merrill 116. Here is my response:Wow. Totally different beasts. Opposite ends of the solid state world. Roland is know... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour Hey George. Don’t forget it runs cool, is essentially immune to power cords or conditioners (Merrill can clarify) and has a noise floor lower then the Marianas Trench. 😇 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Jh901- i agree. I have a Shunyata Denali for my front end rack and run my amps direct into the wall. I use all Shunyata Sigma PC except from Denali to Preamp. I use an Enklein DAVID for that. It’s amaizng. My room uses the top level DTX-D-NCF Furu... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Working for a while on getting some in to audition. It’s hard getting the real high end stuff into my room without just buying it. And because my evaluations (not really reviews) are brutally honest, compare one to another, and pick a “winner” man... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Sorry. I have not. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD David - no sane person (of which I am not one) would constantly change dacs like I have. But this thread discusses the only part of a hi end system whose technology actually affects a discernible change in advancement within a brief time. Thus, in... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks Astrostar. I have heard the Aries Cerat are awesome. I have not heard one. I would love to. I would agree with your assessment of the dacs you listed. You have a good ear and we hear similarly. Lordcloud- I have heard the older Rockna but n... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi everyone!!!!sorry for the long hiatus. Work and family take up a lot of time and sometimes leave little room for audio play. Laufer Teknic is amazing gear. Sam and Mark make a terrific team. Their gear is true high end and they don’t go 6 month... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD It’s not dead yet. Just busy at work. Lol. Dont give up on it. Still more to come. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Chowkwan- good analog reel to reel is awesome! I’ve heard it many times. I’ve heard Nagra and always liked it. It’s just hard to get a hold of to audition in house. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hey Dave. Mikes spoken highly of your system!!!Could you throw your favorites on a CD or thumb drive and send to Mike? That’d be awesome! You HAVE to hear his Pipedreams with the new Merrill 118 monoblocks and Christine pre-amp!!! Merrill and I sp... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Keithr- I can do the TotalDAC demo whenever I want. But I don’t want to start it until I know I can give it the time it deserves. And work has been crazy. It will come in time. I promise. | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour To be honest, I have not directly compared the 118’s to the Burmester 911mk3’s yet. I expect each to be world class but have different strengths. So I can’t say 100% that I’m not replacing my 911’s with 118’s, but with the level of performance I h... |