11/12/2022 0 Comments Metrum onyx dac review![]() But it is a very unique sound on its´own and quite different from the Metrum Acoustic house sound.īoth Schiit multibit dacs and the Soekris do upsampling and filtering Schiit has a bit more magic sauce in it, whereby the Soekris follows more common paths. Both Schiit and Soekris for example will offer you more for the money but that doesn´t help when they might not exactly be the sound signature you are looking / I own the Soekris 1541 and I happen to like the dac section a lot. We'll get back to that.Granted, Metrum Acoustics is pricewise more along the lines of most big brands. I can merely express honest admiration that such advanced tech just jumped down in price by such a significant margin. To learn how big or small the sonic gap separating them might be remains for another reviewer to say. Today, Cees would have competed squarely against himself to only blame himself. "You just killed my sales" was one such recent email. Usually manufacturers complain when a reviewer references their product to a competitor's which costs 60% less but performs on par. That's vaguely related to how Bakoon do it for their Satri circuit and exactly how Etalon Sound vary their R2R DreamDac's output or Cees that of his €6'950 Adagio flagship. It's not a basic pot on the analog outputs either. This involves no bit stripping because it's not on-chip digital attenuation. With Jade positioned at €2'450, it stares down Schiit's $2'299 Yggdrasil but adds remote volume. Onyx, showing the addition of the motorized pot as the distinguishing feature. That will be for you to judge." No pressure. What's left is the performance of using two DAC TWO modules in balanced mode. Furthermore, the noise floor is a lovely -150dBFS in the most sensitive area of our ears. As you see, this is extremely low and not visible above the noise floor. The white cross on the 50Hz line is where we measured hum. Input signal was a 1kHz sine wave at -120dBFS. Here 0dBFS equals the max Redbook signal of 2V/RCA and 4V/XLR. I've attached a screen capture which shows the result of this approach. That's now down to 8 watts max and mostly dominated by the four converter modules. Further we did everything to reduce power consumption. This means that ground planes can be used but should connect to just star ground and work as only static shields. Mixed disciplines each want their own approach. Proper grounding was probably the biggest challenge. "To reduce cost but maintain quality we did everything possible to optimize our signal routing. Room: Rectangular 5.5 x 15m open floor plan with two-storey gabled ceiling, wood-sleeved steel trusses and stone-over-concrete flooring Sundry accessories: Acoustic System resonators Power delivery: Vibex Granada/Alhambra on all components, Titan Audio Eros cords between wall and conditioners and on the ampsĮquipment rack: Artesania Audio Exoteryc double-wide 3-tier with optional glass shelves, Exoteryc Krion and glass amp stands Loudspeakers: Audio Physic Codex EnigmAcoustics Mythology 1 Boenicke Audio W5se Zu Audio Druid V & Submission German Physiks HRS-120 Eversound EssenceĬables: Complete loom of Zu Event KingRex uArt, Zu and LightHarmonic LightSpeed double-header USB cables Tombo Trøn S/PDIF van den Hul AES/EBU AudioQuest Diamond glass-fibre Toslink Black Cat Cable redlevel Lupo Ocellia OCC Silver Power & integrated amplifiers: Pass Labs XA30.8 FirstWatt SIT1, F5, F6, F7 Bakoon AMP-12R Crayon Audio CFA-1.2 Goldmund Job 225 Aura Note Premier Wyred4Sound mINT Nord Acoustics One SE Up NC500MB monos LinnenberG Audio Allegro monos Preamplifier: Nagra Jazz, Wyred4Sound STP-SE MkII, Vinnie Rossi LIO (AVC module), COS Engineering D1 Sources: 27" iMac with 5K Retina display, 4GHz quad-core engine with 4.4GHz turbo boost, 3TB Fusion Drive, 16GB SDRAM, OSX Yosemite, PureMusic 3.01, Tidal & Qobuz lossless streaming, COS Engineering D1 & H1, AURALiC Vega, Aqua Hifi Formula, Fore Audio DAISy 1 ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |