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Re: Altmann DAC vs Shigaraki DAC?

Posted by frequentflyer (A) on March 31, 2007 at 22:54:07

In Reply to: Re: Altmann DAC vs Shigaraki DAC? posted by Quiet Earth on March 31, 2007 at 22:09:11:

Hi

Not a problem

I previously owned an Audio Note CDT One Transport and a 1.1X Signature Dac.

I also tried an Audio Note 3.1 DAC and CEC transport.In the same sytem I tried the Altmann DAC and the CEC and both myself and my friend prefered the Altmann CEC combo. My friend has since bought the Oracle CD-2000 to go with his Altmann DAC and the Altmann is in no way out of place performance wise but price wise it is.

The Altmann reveals the significant performance difference between the Oracle CD-2000 and the CEC transport I owned and the CEC is still a well regarded transport.

Why do we prefer the Altmann ? In fairness the AN 3.1 has a lot of similarities to the Altmann but the Altmann just seems to score on less grunge backgound, rythm and pace and it's organicness if you know what I mean.

Old cliches but it just sounds right, all voices and intruments seem to be portrayed more naturally and another old cliche it sounds VERY similar to analogue without the hassle.

It's equal but no better than most other good digitals I have listend to in soundstaging, air and 3 dimentionality but it certainly is as good as I have heard for musicality and correct tonality.

Don't really know what more to say but at the price I believe it is an absolute bargain, but not a great looker it has to be said.

Regards
FF

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