ReggieB
29-01-2016, 14:04
I've recently bought a m2Tech Young DAC from @Daws0n via this site. It has replaced a Peachtree DAC-IT. I have finally had a chance to sit down and spend some time with the new system.
Overall everything feels more solid with the m2Tech. Instruments seem more solidly placed with better differentiation between them, and with more solid edges. This manifests most in a way that I wasn't at all expecting. More bass:
However, "More bass" usually means deeper or more commonly just louder bass. In this case "More bass" means more bass instruments.
For examples, one of my favourite tracks at the moment is The Budapest Cafe Orchestra (http://budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk/)'s "The Boatman" from their album "Gaelic Chronicles". I've always enjoyed the interplay between the violinist and accordionist on this track. Via the m2Tech, the double bass has stepped out from the mix. When I listen to this track now, I find myself no longer just listening to the violin and accordion, but also double bass (and the guitarist who also has more clarity).
Listening to Genesis' Wind and Wuthering, Mike Rutherford's Bass Guitar has also stepped out of the rest of the mix. I'm finding myself following base lines I'd not noticed before.
I'm enjoying listening via the m2Tech so much that I've stopped listening to my Raspberry Pi/Audiophonics DAC in favour of my Marantz NA7001, as I route the digital output to the m2Tech.
My next step is to get the power supply I used with the DAC-IT back up to David at MCRU so he can reconfigure it for the m2Tech. I'll also get him to make me up a BNC to RCA digital cable so that I can connect three digital sources (CD, NA7001, Google Audio ChromeCast) feeding into the m2tech.
Overall everything feels more solid with the m2Tech. Instruments seem more solidly placed with better differentiation between them, and with more solid edges. This manifests most in a way that I wasn't at all expecting. More bass:
However, "More bass" usually means deeper or more commonly just louder bass. In this case "More bass" means more bass instruments.
For examples, one of my favourite tracks at the moment is The Budapest Cafe Orchestra (http://budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk/)'s "The Boatman" from their album "Gaelic Chronicles". I've always enjoyed the interplay between the violinist and accordionist on this track. Via the m2Tech, the double bass has stepped out from the mix. When I listen to this track now, I find myself no longer just listening to the violin and accordion, but also double bass (and the guitarist who also has more clarity).
Listening to Genesis' Wind and Wuthering, Mike Rutherford's Bass Guitar has also stepped out of the rest of the mix. I'm finding myself following base lines I'd not noticed before.
I'm enjoying listening via the m2Tech so much that I've stopped listening to my Raspberry Pi/Audiophonics DAC in favour of my Marantz NA7001, as I route the digital output to the m2Tech.
My next step is to get the power supply I used with the DAC-IT back up to David at MCRU so he can reconfigure it for the m2Tech. I'll also get him to make me up a BNC to RCA digital cable so that I can connect three digital sources (CD, NA7001, Google Audio ChromeCast) feeding into the m2tech.