DK Design Review

Hi Jmcgrogam2,
What are you kidding?DK sounds like entry level.This thing put my Ml Ref and Plinius 100mk-3 to shame in a misical and natural way.Then again maybe they were just mid-fi.Your statement is one of a pompous person.I don't say DK is the best but what exactly is?It's all about opinions and tastes but it doesn't have to be nasty.Have fun with your ultra high end equipment.Regards,Bob

Most of Pathos amps utilize this design and does the BAT hybrid.

05-30-06: Johnrob
Most of Pathos amps utilize this design and does the BAT hybrid.

As does Consonance in the Forbidden City Calaf, and Blue Circle in the FtTH.

It makes sense that BAT offers a hybrid integrated since they design both solid state and tube preamps and amps. Blue Circle and Unison Research have hybrid integrateds too. I'm still surprised there aren't more.

Maybe it's because the decision to offer tube or solid state components takes a fundamentally different mindset from the standpoint of taste and preference. Maybe it's because the designers behind components like 47 Labs, Sun Audio, Channel Island Audio, Audio Mirror, Manley, deHavilland, Rogue Audio, First Sound, etc. build pieces that will present music the way THEY would want to hear it and that a hybrid design to them lacks the purity or compromises each extreme. I don't know, I'm just a ramblin'...man!

Bobf, I'll take it that you're a glass half empty kind of guy as opposed to a glass half full, since you chose to focus on the 'entry level' part of my 'entry into high end' comment. Just remember, it's your choice to take offense, since no offense was intended.

If you truely feel that the DK is the best that high end has to offer, you are very fortunate, as it will save you a lot of money. So rejoice, and enjoy the music.

84audio and Johnrob, congrats on your informative posts. They are an act of class from DK users. Perhaps if Audiogon is exposed to more knowledgable and experienced DK owners such as yourselves, DK's reputation can be revived. There is no doubt that LSA is more of a class act than DK was, so there is always hope.

Cheers,
John