APL NWO2.5 ?

Following up on a thread titled 'Reference DACs', how would owners of the NWO-2.5 characterize the player on the scale of #1 to #2 sound?

Following up on a thread titled 'Reference DACs', how would owners of the NWO-2.5 characterize the player on the scale of #1 to #2 sound?

I don't own the player, but I've heard it on three occasions, for maybe an hour each time, playing a wide range of music: Rachmaninov, Diana Krall, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Nick Drake, and some avant-garde jazz (Banyan, Nels Cline, Tuatara, Steven Bernstein), etc. In my opinion, the player balances the best of both types of sound. It is extended top to bottom, with by far the most tuneful and resolved bass I've ever heard, confidently detailed (though neither crystalline or lush), with tonal reproduction and true-to-life palpability that will make you forget you're listening to an audio system. It just sounds like music, absent a designer's signature.

Smilin, Yes I did get my NWO-2.5 recently. But shortly before its arrival, one of the monoblocks of my venerable Jadis JA80 amps had to be shipped off to New York for repairs. So, I'm burning in my NWO using the solid state amp that normally drives the subwoofer. You got to have pity on a tube man like me:-) I can't wait for the NWO to burn-in so I could check out what it's made of. Hopefully, by the time I return from my holiday trip to California my Jadis will be back. I'll definitely give you my impressions of the NWO.
Best,
John

As an aside, does anyone know how to improve cd's that have digitalitis? Is it even possible? What caused it? It seems to me that it eliminates almost all cd's until about 1995. I do believe(without a lot of experimentation) that analog to cd sounds inferior to the analog itself(pre-1982).

Check out the impressive measurements for the APL NWO-2.5 that Alex Peychev posted on the APL Forum:

http://www.aplhifi.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=593

They correlate with the stunning sound that is unfolding with only 65 hours of burn-in time on my NWO. I can't wait to hear it when it's burnt-in with the recommended 200-300 hours and when my primary amp is back in the system.