# Octave Records: two 45-rpm selections **URL:** \ **Category:** Octave Records\ **Created:** [June 3, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/octave-records-two-45-rpm-selections/33923 "2023-06-03T19:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/octave-records-two-45-rpm-selections/33923/16 "2023-06-04T15:51:35Z")
Previously, I posted… > [@The Day Has Come](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/the-day-has-come/33847): > > For five immersive months I have delved into the matters of streamed music – from streaming services to DACs to cables, but only read about fuses. Sonos and Spotify no more. A new world had arrived. Impressive deliveries, including convenience and massive content at a click of a button on the remote. So impressed I more or less concluded that the traditional gap between digital and analog had been more or less obliterated. So, after many years of dormant TT chain, today was the day. After ref… Well today I can confirm and extend my remarks, comparing the 2 45-rpm Octave vinyls with Octave dsd versions of these recordings. My 20-year-old analog setup is simply superior to top ESS-chip dacs. Confidence, strength, clarity, transient response (notably in drum kit strikes of various drums and cymbals), wider frequency delivery, enhanced subtle sounds, enhanced presence… And the most important variable to me: enhanced instrument/voice character and individuality (I played trumpet, clarinet, sax, electric/double bass, and tuba…I know what they sound like in front of me or at my side, a few feet away, dozens of feet away, and hundreds of feet away.) The Octave music was simply more beautiful, rich, and complete in my comparison…a dsd recording produced in vinyl vs a dsd file played through top ESS dacs. Remaining for my audition is a PSA DSD MkII and the ultras like MSB, DCS, and others. Hint, hint…anyone with such a dac close to Sarasota? My objective is to acquire a dac that will virtually eliminate the difference between hi-res digital and good-or-better analog playback. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/octave-records-two-45-rpm-selections/33923)._