Guido,
You quoted only a part of my comment. I was talking about the price/performance offerings from each manufacturer. Up to very recently, Hypex only had the UcD modules for "mid Tier" OEM designs.
But several brands from the states as well as overseas (Jeff Rowland, D-Sonic, TEAC, Matt Kraemer, Amphion) were choosing Pascal and Anaview over Hypex UcD.
Now, Hypex decided to be more competitive in that segment, offering OEMs customizations of their Ncore modules at a more competitive price than their NC1200 flagship.
I will go further than your last statement, saying we don't listen to amps, we listen the complete chain, from record to the listening room!
But I still consider useful to somehow break the chain into pieces, for comparison and analysis, obviously paying much attention to the context where the comparisons are made.
We are speaking in relative terms here. I can say that my amplifier with Anaview modules sounds fantastic when using a Benchmark DAC2 as pre amplifier (low output impedance), and B&W 805, 802, or Dynaudio Confidence C2 speakers.
I suspect it would not sound so good if I connect a high output impedance tube preamplifier. In that case, an input buffer may be necessary. Some designers already build it with the amp, like W4S.
Sebastian
You quoted only a part of my comment. I was talking about the price/performance offerings from each manufacturer. Up to very recently, Hypex only had the UcD modules for "mid Tier" OEM designs.
But several brands from the states as well as overseas (Jeff Rowland, D-Sonic, TEAC, Matt Kraemer, Amphion) were choosing Pascal and Anaview over Hypex UcD.
Now, Hypex decided to be more competitive in that segment, offering OEMs customizations of their Ncore modules at a more competitive price than their NC1200 flagship.
I will go further than your last statement, saying we don't listen to amps, we listen the complete chain, from record to the listening room!
But I still consider useful to somehow break the chain into pieces, for comparison and analysis, obviously paying much attention to the context where the comparisons are made.
We are speaking in relative terms here. I can say that my amplifier with Anaview modules sounds fantastic when using a Benchmark DAC2 as pre amplifier (low output impedance), and B&W 805, 802, or Dynaudio Confidence C2 speakers.
I suspect it would not sound so good if I connect a high output impedance tube preamplifier. In that case, an input buffer may be necessary. Some designers already build it with the amp, like W4S.
Sebastian