Tiny nuances gave away venue clues, enhancing the virtual landscape that unfolded between and behind the loudspeakers. But well-recorded and produced music thrived and came alive. The voicing of the streamer/DAC combination, the audio signature of its designer, did not favour compressed thus deadened musical expressions. And no, Frisell was not the bad recording we had to endure. A flawed production was mercilessly lambasted - tied to the whipping post as it were. In this setting, the Pink Faun made clear that it was no beautifier. We went through a variety of music styles ranging from classical orchestral works to some mad opera, then Nordic Jazz. The sound was open, detailed and the virtual image seemed no different than when played from our resident streaming solution. In JRiver we selected Bill Frisell’s Guitar in the Space Age. From there the Arcadian Audio Pnoe hornspeakers with sub 40Hz assistance from a pair of Zu Audio Submission subwoofers became part of the initial audition. From the DAC’s unbalanced output, we ran a short interconnect to the PTP Blok20 integrated 20wpc amp.
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