Hi there, Mnyb. Thanks for your reply, i appreciate it, too.
About Creek sound: You might be right. I had chosen that CD player after auditing it alongside with other (more expensive) options. However, it is rather difficult to figure out, what is "real" and what is taste. In my experience, I tend to like detail, precise (groovy...) timing, solo instruments and voices that you can imagine standing in front of you, dynamic and precise bass, and when listening to classical music, it is crucial that instruments don't mix up in a porridge - probably the most important part for a DAC (or whatever gear). About DNM: Yes, it is true, their maker does have quite a particular philosophy. However, it works... I compared it with creek amplifiers, crimson preamp/amp chains. DNM just brings you every little detail of the sound that the others simply didn't reproduce. Amazing. And I have "only" an older, second hand version... (simply can't afford the new ones). They are certainly of the "analytical" kind of devices, avoiding whatever color (about the opposite of the tube-philosophy). All a question of taste... The DNMs with the almost-one-way Rehdeko speakers give a nice chain to analyze the source. You are certainly right putting into consideration the Power Supply. Considering that the power supplies of most so called self-declared high end DACs cost more than the entire Squeezebox... there might of course be some potential in that. So... I am still considering... For the time being, I try to figure out, if Musical Fidelity M1 DAC or Audio-GD DAC - 19 would be the better choice... Of course, an audition would be by far the best thing to do. Just... finding a dealer who has those options in stock for audition is rather difficult, unfortunately... Enjoy your evening! Cheers, Diego -- diego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40897 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82539 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
