Over the top dac review?

[Covenant]

Have a read of this: http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=798
Is it an unbiased review or just enthusiastic? Its a fine line, I think, between the two.
Anyway Stan this is what your next years model will be up against!

[goraman]

I belive he loves that DAC,the 32 bit chip by ESS is new,and just mabey this new DAC hits the sweet spot for him.

[Clive]

These specs are a worry:

Output Impedance : Tube 22K
Solid State 10K

If true there will be loads of systems it won't match.

[jantheman]

Looking at Minimax''s distributors there appears to be nothing for the UK. Nearest is France or Germany. Anyone know any different....

[jbloggs]

Recently saw that Audio -GD have released some DACs using the Sabre32 ES9018 dac chip

NFB - 11 (Price $260 + del)

NFB - 10

[PRYML]

Looking at Minimax''s distributors there appears to be nothing for the UK. Nearest is France or Germany. Anyone know any different....

I believe I saw Eastern Electric Audio equipment on display at the last London High Fidelity Show at The Park Inn; I can't recall who was the distributor though...

[StanleyB]

Anyway Stan this is what your next years model will be up against!

It's in a different price range.

[PRYML]

I belive he loves that DAC,the 32 bit chip by ESS is new,and just mabey this new DAC hits the sweet spot for him.

I certainly hope it hits the sweet spot for me, as my unit should be arriving sometime next week from Hong Kong. It was available for pick up much earlier but I wasn't able to find the time etc to pick it up myself. Fortunately, a friend of mine will be bringing it back for me when he flies out to Hong Kong for his holiday in a couple of days time...

I've also read the dagogo.com review recently but my purchase was made very much earlier (during the recent Hong Kong High End Audio Visual Show in August) based on a forum thread I was following (audiocircle.com, if I'm not mistaken) which ran along the same line of the Audiolab 8200CD/Q thread on pinkfishmedia.net where the posters were highly influential in the development of the final product.

It might be awhile before I can post any feedback on the DAC though as I'm still waiting for the Digital Dream interconnect to arrive which I ordered from Artisan Silver Cables weeks ago. Unfortunately, things take forever to arrive in Brunei e.g. my book orders from Amazon.com takes an average of two months to arrive

[PRYML]

Have a read of this: http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=798
Is it an unbiased review or just enthusiastic? Its a fine line, I think, between the two.
Anyway Stan this is what your next years model will be up against!

Here's a more "objective-sounding" one

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/e...ctric/dac.html

I also had the pleasure of meeting Mr Alex Yeung during the HK show. He was there, working closely with Hit Audio (www.hitaudio.com), the official HK distributor, who decided that his products should have it's own exhibition "cubicle" even though Hit Audio also distributes several other more well-known marques

[magiccarpetride]

It's in a different price range.

My recent experience confirms that no one can touch the Caiman at its price point.