Would love to listen to a TotalDAC DAC in anyone's system if possible.....
I feel it is WAY Over Priced - Not worth the Money - Mr. Vincent has lost his way some place.TotalDAC is an amazing DAC.
Even I would love to hear it if there is one on here.
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BTW - I have heard that Marten Design Coltrane & Tenor Speakers with Lars Engstrom Amps & Total Dac.
2 rooms had it & the Engstrom room sounded 'better' to my ears.
Correct;The Coltrane room with the Tenors had the MSB stack as source
I have heard the Total Dac several times - 3 years in 3 different systems - if not more.
It is a Nice Product.
I would place it in Tier 2
Tier 1 being dCS Vivaldi II & MSB Select
Tier 2 is Esoteric / EMM / Total DAC
This is the way - I would classify them.
All my classifications are based on personal listening & demo in known set up
over several years. Nothing is 'review' based.
p.s. Personally I use Tier 3 level products - Aqua Hi Fi - Transport & DAC [just
to put things into perspective] Meitner / Play Back etc. would also get into Tier 3.
How good is the Playback Designs Merlot and how does it compare with the Aqua Hifi La Scala Mk 2 and Meitner DAC 1 ? Any views here.