Repeatedly my notes show “air, air, air." Luster. It was more about beauty in the air than beauty on the ground. The Moon offered a general sense of refinement and resolution improvement over the HRT. At some point decisions are made considering cost, parts, cases, circuit boards, point to point or SMD but in the end you either like the designer’s ear or not.īack to the DACs. It’s noisy, barely works, sounds cramped, distorted and dark but hey, some folks love it (or enjoy sticking their finger in manufacturer’s noses). Does his vision gel with yours? Perhaps that accounts for the love of the Sony Playstation in some quarters. You simply like what the designer is doing or you don’t. You can’t simply buy a bunch of well-reviewed products and expect magic.
is about how the designer hears things and how his vision interacts with your system. So many differences between audio gear has to do with voicing, i.e. Then again, playing the Petty disc had the bass sound as massive as a concrete floor. Better spread, better staging trumps a more congealed sound but it can also produce a thinner sound. But there was also less meat on the bones at times. There was greater separation of instruments than with the HRT and better soundstage layering.
It was a silky sheen to be sure, never aggressive nor gritty but it did add to the DAC’s sense of fifth-row placement in my opinion.Īir, air, air was the trademark to give cymbals, brass and all upper-frequency instruments real spread and shine. I didn’t engage any oversampling function (all DACs ran stock 16/44) but could nonetheless hear a certain sheen at times pleasing, at times false. Throughout my time with it I felt the top end of the frequency range was tipped up in some way. The Moon presented a starkly different picture from the Streamer.
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Like other Moon series components, the 300D includes an IR input, an over-built power supply and is housed in a extremely rigid custom-made chassis with a 3/8" brushed and anodized front panel." Simaudio website PR: “Sonically the Moon portrays all of the Simaudio hallmarks - clean, powerful, fast and extended bass combined with an open midrange and airy extended high frequencies. It had excellent imaging, a smooth rich tone and good resolution as when the drummer plays fast brushes on "Tolako" on Food’s Inlet. Returning to the HRT for starters, the Food disc still sounded fat with excellent depth and a palatable 3D space.
What did this time off provide? Just like Satan, break-in is real. Move on yes - except that again I got waylaid mid-review so I left the DACs powered up for a good two months while attended to more urgent family matters. For $449 the HRT could be a beginning and end for many. In summation, the HRT is not a mellow but a lively and spirited unit which provides plenty of jump factor and solid dynamics that come alive on ensemble passages. Food’s Quiet Inlet is surely one of my top ten discs of the year and truly sizzling. The album’s bell-like electronic tones, bleeping bass pulses and rattling acoustic percussion created an oversized 5.1 film score experience without extra speakers for Sennsurround capabilities with extremely active drums, bells, convulsions and surging rhythms aiming at sensory overload from all angles. This review page is supported in part by the sponsors whose ad banners are displayed below
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