thanks milpai, absorber kills the sound!!! I have some Realtraps for bass control. Wings panels are the best effective diffusers available (in my opinion) on market. Deeper soundstage and best control of stable image. Third dimension is dramatically improved.
Nice system. Had never heard about the wing panels before. You have them at the first reflection point. How does that affect the sound compared to some absorbers?
System edited. after long time, added Entreq Poseidons, Entreq Atlantis ground cables, Curious USB cable. Great result in term of soundstage and naturalness.
Paolo.......Kudos, good for you!!! And you know of course, you're ears are the final arbiter, not how others hear!!!! Just a great system, and wonderful, relaxing looking room to listen in. thanks for inviting us to U'r world!!!!!
what amazes on totaldac combo (I also use the Totaldac D1 USB Cable/adapter and the Totaldac D1 XLR/RCA adapter with MIT Oracle Matrix 50 IC cables) is the absolute lack of distortion, the detail accuracy, without losing sweetness and ambience. Sense of true and the "presence" into the room of instruments are outstanding.
my opinion on Totaldac D1 is: incredible converter!!! I am just upgraded to D1 Dual which is a great step-up. I am testing the D1 XLR to RCA adapter which seems to be much better than Spectral XLR input. The result is truly amazing. The sense of naturalness and detail are spectacular. Exciting.
Audio needs become more transparant, more fair. In the last months I did a few tests between Audioquest and MIT cables. The difference are too big, to be honest. MIT is only using copper. In the world of highend silver is important. Why? Because it places more air and space between all the parts on a recording. Individual focus is better and you can hear more different layers in the low. freq. When you do not use this, you get a less higher level in sound. I have shown this to a few people in the last few months. This is not about a brand, but about quality you can or should I say should have gotten. I have done thousends of tests with cables. It is a thing I love to do. Maybe I do this for a living, at the end I want my clients to get the best possible. Audio needs to become more clear and fair to music lovers who love good audio. Because people who work in audio need to give them more falue for money. It is that easy!
hi Bob, thanks for your news. I have not Audioquest resellers near where I live. I have to replace MIT Magnum by Oracle series. I am looking for Oracle MA or the new Oracle Matrix series
Today we did the tests with the Audioquest XLR,Colorado, Niagra and Sky. And the Purist Audio powercables. The difference is so big that I even Think that MIT is sleeping. We are talking about superior differences. There is a lot more detail and decay. Low freq. are a lot faster, controlled but also so much better focussed. You go from a 2 dimensional voice to a 3-dimensional voice. Every single part you Judge these cables for Audioquest does it better with ease. I sold MIT for over 6 years, but when I listen this difference in quality I could not sell it to my clients anymore to be honnest.
I see you have a MIT Magnum M2 loudspeakercable. This was the one which we compared to the Audioquest Oak. The Oak was superior in every singel part you Judge a cable for. More drive, speed, better blacks, resolution and a much sharper focus of instruments and voices. This Saturday I will go to the client with different AQ cables and powercables from Purist Audio. He already has the Audioquest Redwood bi-wire at home.
First impressions of Totaldac are: Compared to BADA and to DCS Scarlatti, the D1 is more natural, detailed but with great sweetness and harmonics. The sound stage is greater than never listened. Air and harmonics around instruments are so real which you can see any players into the three-dimensional layer. Violins are "silky", not shrill or dried. During great symphonies, you can clearly recognize violins, violas and cellos exactly where they are.
test have been made with and without Pre (Spectral). My preference is without Pre. D1 driving directly Spectral Amp (DMA 150 S2 and DMA 260) through MIT Oracle Matrix 50 unbalanced.
Next apointment with the client I will take different AQ interconnects with me to compare with his MIT interconnects. I also will bring in a few Purist Audio powercables to compare with his MIT powercables. And I will bring in a conditioner. Yesterday he heard many new things what is missing in his set. Now it is more easy to understand what I will do with his own system. I will change one part at the time to make it more easy to understand.
Today the client comes to my house for listening. MIT has not the properties you need when you use Avalon and Spectral. Compare it to the better AQ. These will give you more details. The silver which is used by AQ is superior to any copper. There is more air and details. MIT is just copper. The difference in sharpness in focus and a palpable image is huge. I never heard a touchable sharp focus as in real with all the Avalon and spectral demos in my life. There were a lot. Always the same fault. Maybe they improve there cables ( I hope they will) but the difference between MIT and AQ is too big. The person who sells MIT Oracle in Holland said that AQ is a big step further than MIT at this moment. And that is the truth. People have to learn to look further. To be honnest it is so easy to give MIT cables a lesson with AQ cables. Spectral with MIT and Avalon is in my opinion incomplete. You miss essential parts which need to be there in the world of highend. I have proven this with cables and also with amps and speakers.
Hi Bob, thank's for your report. Oracle Matrix 50 is now mature and I have just started to test by directly coupling them to Spectral Amplifier. The result is great, the texture and soundstage are amazing. Do you tested the new MIT Oracle Matrix lines? they are more open and transparent which old series.
I visited the client with the Audioquest Redwood and the Olive 06HD. The Redwood gives superior intimate sound compared to MIT in general. He also uses a lot of MIT interconnects. His preamp is the Audio Research 5SE and his speakers are from Isophon. I invited him to come to me soon. MIT is in my experience not a good combination with Spectral. You never will get a realistic palpable image as in real. All the demos and people who used Spectral I visited had the same limitations . That is why I invite him to make him understand what is missing.
