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Meters! W/O spending McIntosh Money $$ ;-)

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In Reply to: RE: I want to applaud "Future Audiophile"'s coverage in two product catagories posted by John Marks on November 17, 2024 at 16:19:24

It's a nice looking unit and might be the perfect all-in-one for some folks. I wish it were Roon Ready as my entire audio system from the main listening room to the far reaches of our home and beyond all revolve around the Roon ecosystem. If it can't "do Roon" it has no place in my audio room.
I never spent much time at Future Audiophile. I'll have to take a closer look.
P.S. If he has the budget (a much bigger budget!) a competing product might be the NAD Master Series M33.

NAD Master Series M33 all-in-one (Open in New Window)

Edits: 11/18/24

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Mac Meters, yes, but Power Guard is - oldmkvi 10:15:24 11/19/24 (1)
where the Action is!
When I had my Kef 104.2s and a solid state mac amp and pre,
When the Power Guard flashed on, the sound was HUGE deep and powerful.
Sometimes at 2x rated power.
Slam and Drang!
- Congratulations - E-Stat 14:29:33 11/22/24 (0)
  When the Power Guard flashed on, the sound was HUGE deep and powerful. Sometimes at 2x rated power.
  
  you enabled the compression circuit to restrict dynamics and flatten everything. Good job!
Thanks! I seem to remember that the M33... - John Marks 15:20:01 11/18/24 (0)
Thanks!

I seem to remember (but it might be an Engram emplanted by evil Thetans) that the M33 was based upon a Purifi switching amp PCB.

I actually built a kit based on Hypex's OEM switching amp. NC122MP? IIRC.

I was doing R&D for a famous company, so I got access to the Hypex OEM catalog. I thought that it was charming in terms of sound, and a dyed-in-the-wool Analog Guy did a comparative listen against my utilitarian Parasound Zamp2.

My analog friend concluded that the Hypex build (case and power supply from Ghent Audio) did not at all sound "digital." He went so far as to say that the Hypex made the Class A/B Parasound sound "digital."

Ouchsies!

So, if "The Word on the Street" is correct, the Purifi module must sound fabulous.

Which, combined with other recent developments in high-end audio, such as Metamodal Thin Ply Carbon cone and dome material, and Purifi's (my words not theirs) "Constant Profile Area" woofer surrounds, might tempt me into declaring that we are in the young years of yet another Golden Age of Audio.

Especially when Danville's new Outboard DSP products get the attention of the loudspeaker industry.

john
- https://danvillesignal.com/dspnexus-dsp-audio-processor (Open in New Window)

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