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The main text of each review is based on the comments made in the discussion CROSSTALK following each session. If you’re thinking of upgrading your But What’s at the more, end, each for some, reviewer one look and DAC, why not upgrade your preamp as well? participates your spouse-life-partner-mother-of-your in the Crosstalk, Yes, I know, looking for a new preamp may a personal children-and-self-appointed-all-around- comment on the product. not be as sexy as exploring the onslaught We may <strong>audio</strong>mania-critic even disagree will among be charmed ourselves. too. of new technologies which are shattering And you know what? —Albert Simon established ideas about sources, but a good Readers tell us they love preamp remains a must. Even to see with us the disagree. least-favorite optical cable, After listening to the Eximus DP1 I can Because the Eximus if we, DP1 the provided “experts” lots can of detail and now say <strong>that</strong> you don’t have to choose. This space. disagree, The birdlike so can flutes they. in the Britten unit is a wonderful combination of both and, They piece tell were us absolutely our disagreements, charming, on a clean after its performance here, I bet it’ll also give mostly background. minor but Connected sometimes via its major, <strong>USB</strong> input, it a new life to your LPs — yes, they’re hot painted empower the orchestra them. in the Rachmaninoff and getting hotter. No, it didn’t match our That’s piece just in one fine way strokes UHF of Magazine relief and clearly reference system, but <strong>that</strong> is not much of is a different separated from the all snare other drum magazines. and the triangle. surprise. What was surprising was how close I thought there was a little more detail it came to it and, in one case, very close. in the low bass with the Stello interface, but If you’re starting out, you’ll have a solid there was not really a lot to choose from base with tons of potential for growth, on the two <strong>USB</strong> connections. Compared with which to build the rest of your system. And the reference Moon DAC via the Stello U3, if you’re a heard-it-all <strong>audio</strong>phile, <strong>let</strong> this unit the reference provided new insight into the into your life, and <strong>let</strong> your ears be charmed. sounds, how a piano note is taken up and 44 ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine Ecte tatisim irit erat er sum iliquat am erit adiam, susci bla faci exerilit at praestrud magnim volore tis aut nim nostio commy nim deliqui sciduis nonsequatue euip ea aut ad eugait, conse ex essi tat, quis num ipit utem dolor sit aci eros dolorperat, volor sum atumsandre magna aut nos at praestie velisl. Re facin henis nisl iustrud enim aute duis dignisc iliscipissi. Tum veliquat ulpute dolore volore facipsum esequat. Ut lan veliquat praese facilit lutpat nibh euguero ea feuguer suscing enismod dolorero odiamco rtiscil lamconsequat wismod modion vel ulputat. Utpation utpat augait am, core tisi. 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The DP1 is a very good converter, and if it’s not fair to put it up against a preamp <strong>that</strong> costs like the reference, it gave us no choice, and it performed very well even so. —Toby Earp This unit is so beautiful you just want it to sound the way it looks, which is to say better than anything else. That would be an impossible mission, but it is good enough to be the heart of a terrific modern <strong>computer</strong>based music system. Forget the low cost, which is a mere bonus. —Gerard Rejskind
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