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In Reply to: RE: I wouldn't bet on it. posted by morricab on June 20, 2024 at 04:04:47

the May to an Adcom would be deaf. The May is a bespoke product like Ferrari and highly biased into class-A in the discrete output stage. While the Adcoms sounded pretty good in their day and offered HDCD decoding in their digital filter chip, they are more akin to a Hyundai. I have never heard a better DAC than the May and at it's level, the differences between products in minimal technically and mostly flavors of tuning.

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RE: Anyone that didn't prefer - morricab 05:36:23 06/21/24 (2)
Well, a friend of mine had their level 2 DAC (not the May but same tech) and it was destroyed by my Ayon DAC and a Lampizator Atlantic TRP2 DAC. Wasn't really close in terms of actual listening...sorry to point out the obvious but the measurements themselves don't mean much for how somethign sounds.
- the measurements themselves don't mean much - mitch2 19:35:06 06/23/24 (1)
  "the measurements themselves don't mean much for how something sounds"
  
  Owned a Tambaqui last year and still own the excellent measuring Benchmark DAC3 HGC. Sold the Tambaqui, and the Benchmark now sits in a box. I like the sound of my two Mojo Audio R2R DACs better. Those Mojo DACs use old AD-1862N (special Z version) chips and they only process up to 24/192 but to me they sound tonally rich and musically satisfying while the Tambaqui, which I characterized as sounding mostly perfect, just didn't provide the same level of enjoyment.
  - RE: the measurements themselves don't mean much - morricab 02:48:39 06/28/24 (0)
    Exactly! I have a friend with a Tambaqui and it just detaches me from the music.
    
    My Ayon Skylla II DAC with BB PCM1704s and tube output stage sounds resolved, full and engaging.

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