Only if your eyes are closed.
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Franco should be in trouble now!
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I remember in the 90ās the DCS triple stack with DAC, Clock, and SACD transport was incredible and blew me away! The new stuff including Vivaldi Apex mehā¦ not for me.
I guess that may of been early on in 2000 something since SACD didnāt come out til 99?
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It is in the ear of the beholder.
Other than MSB, I find most other DACs colored and slightly unnatural. People get used to unnatural. Thatās OK, as long as they are happy. 
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What manner of thing is this? I feel like I should know what it is, yet I do not.
I do enjoy MSB but DCS I find a little sterile. It could be the system Iāve heard it on. Normally on Wilson speakers with either Boulder or Audio research. I have heard it on that combo with Sonus Faber and I enjoyed it more but overall it sounded clinical, so maybe not entirely on DCS.
The MSB Iāve listened to has always been 100% MSB with MSB amps sometimes Vitus amplification with estelon speakers that setup sounds glorious. For under $20k both DCS and MSB can be put on alert by the Grimm MU2 which may be the best bargain in hifi.
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Less IS more. More or less 
. I like simplicity,
favoring the highest quality pieces and the fewest number of them.
Currently Iām grappling with the opposite, a little add on to the chain. Iām trying to hit the sweet spot with the tuning ring on the Steath
Octava T digital XLR. I hear slight differences at different positions, but no āgot itā spot. Any advice would be appreciated.
Iām pretty much a set-and-forget guy. Patience and perseverance is not my thing.
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Seems the PZ is a no brainer as its effect is across the board, all components. Price and current availability causes a certain pause, as does the Stealth Sakra 17. 
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Vince have you auditioned the Playback Designs MPD-8? Pricey, but not as expensive as the upper tier dCS/MSB DACs.
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Your listening experience aligns with mine regarding dCS and MSB, having auditioned both at the same salons. Of course you are in the cat bird seat with the Gryphon Ethos.
Listening to my favorite tracks on a Vivaldi stack everything I love about the music was missing. If removing the heart and soul of the music is the goal DCS is the champ. Totally uncolored indeed. I wouldnāt even power up a system that sounds that way.
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Yike. 
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When I had Lumin U2, I thought all my music became more listenable in longer sessions; I called that musical!
But Grimm MU2 is something else! I have not had afternoon drinks for a while; because I was drunk from listening to the marinating music coming out of MU2šŗš»
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It seems nice.
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There is a point where being too clean becomes being sterile and unmusical. Speaking of musical, I got a chance to listened to my brotherās new My Sonic Lab Signature Platinum cartridge, and thatās what I call musical. It literally transformed his system from not bad, to being immersive. Filled out obscured detail beautifully and really made his system sing. Nice cartridge!
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Is that piece of Scotch tape audiophile grade?
Oh, and I like that gold/black gear in the lower right of the photo, with the curved clear plastic tube cage.
Try first on one end, a few inches from the connector. Then on the opposite end. I found those positions work best, if the cable length is 1.5 meters or less.
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@vkennedy61 Itās a HighEnd Novum PMR (Passive Multi-Vocal Resonator) MkII.
Iāve been on a daily hunt for a used one to become available (the latest MkIII version is $3k), and I got lucky when I found a 'goner who was downsizing his system.
These things have been on my radar for quite some time (Sam Tellig reviewed one in Stereophile way back in 2012 and it was named a Recommended Component), but it was never āmy next upgradeā until now.
I have long been āresonator curious.ā I have several Nepalese singing bowls in my room (not sure they help very much, but theyāre pretty and donāt hurt) and I added a Synergistic Black Box bass resonator several months ago to great effectā¦
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