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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / NOS1 DAC exceeds expectations
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on: December 22, 2010, 11:03:44 pm
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Hello Peter and all NOS1 DAC fans.
I must admit, our expectations were high. Not to say: skyhigh. So last night I found myself together with my wife driving in the snow, looking for the house number of Peter's residence. I was lucky to have my cellphone on board because the house number was invisible, covered by snow. How should I interpret this sign?? We spent the evening talking and listening and installing (HW+SW). And eating and drinking. Our expectation were fully met. The NOS1 DAC sounded absolutely great on Peter's system. Or rather: the system sounded excellent. Listening to an excellent system that I haven't heard before always makes me wonder: what makes it sounds so good? Is it really the NOS1 DAC, or the nice speakers, or what. I am fully aware that it is not my room and not my system. But in the end, what really matters: how does a new component fit into my existing system and room at home? So today I found out. Right from the start (the DAC had a 1 week break-in period in Peter's house) the verdict is clear. My wife got tears in her eyes because it was so beautiful and so pure. This is better than a live concert (her words). There are really no words to describe this experience.
THIS IS THE BEST DAC I HAVE EVER HEARD !!!!! GEWELDIG!!
The "sound" is lush, open and natural. I guess Clean would be the right word, without becoming analytical. It is very close to my ultimate reference: a Live Performance. The soundstage is big and precise. The bass is fully controlled, and the highs were unlimited. And....and..... I know that it will even get better after a decent break-in period.
On behalf of all audiophiles who are hunting for the ultimate sound, we like to thank Peter and Ciska for their never lasting effort to follow their dream and create this wonderful contribution to our hobby.
Cheers, Eric & Michaela.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 0.9z-2 Error message not solved
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on: October 27, 2010, 12:40:08 am
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Peter, Per your request, I tested 0.9z-3 for this problem.
i) The error message has gone. GOOD!
HOWEVER ii) Like before, if the option Apply Visual Styles has been switched OFF, the XP style will still occur.
Furthermore now NEW: iii) If the option Apply Visual Styles has been switched ON, XP style will not occur initially. But after playing at least 1 track (unatteded) and XXHE comes back up: the XP style will occur AGAIN. Very strange. Still 2 Explorer instances not being able to communicate ?
Cheers, Eric
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 0.9 z3
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on: October 26, 2010, 02:02:19 am
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Findings: install completed in 15 minutes! Runs perfect in Attended mode. Runs perfect also in Unattende mode, but not with the combination Marcin mentioned. Nothing happens. Maybe I misunderstood. Cheers, Eric.
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