Your Next Upgrade? (Part 2)

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Well, MU2 price has risen to over $20k now (at most dealers in US), so it is closer to MPD-8 than before.:grin:

I am playing the same Louisa Amend Quartet DSD256 file from MU2 SSD through Gryphon D333, and the sound is lovely too! Very very nice!

9003

I can’t pass judgement in how that DAC sounds until I see a picture of the ONLY THING THAT MATTERS: The bottom plate.

9004

Yes. The bottom plate!

9005

You silly

9006

The bottom plate is quite ugly with a lot of ventilating slots and screws, but at lease it is painted. Unit does get quite warm to the touch if played all day long. Bottom plate looks kind of industrial to me.

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9007

A black underplate. Forget it.

9008

Never looked, assumed it didn’t have one.

9009

Lacking Stack Auva EQ feet.

9010

You guys are hard to please!

9011

Thankfully you aren’t.

9012

I never thought about the bottom plate until you guys mention it. I guess it does sound quite a bit better if I knew how pretty the bottom plate is.

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Place a Talisman beneath and all will be well.

9014

Haha!1

9015

Everbody’s worry about the bottom of the unit that you can’t see, what about the back of the unit which you can see. How’s that fit into the equation of how we all conceive how the unit will sound like.

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This is the view I care about:

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But what if the back of the unit is out of focus in photos? Does that affect the sound?

9018

Yes it does, Paul. The sound wll be a little blurr just like the picture. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

And Al, if the sound is anywhere how that picture looks, it is surely in end game territory! :star_struck:

9019

That’s an old pic. I see a P20 in the background.

9020

Hopefully it is. Like your excellent new DAC!

Sharp eye Paul. Pre-PowerZone era.

9021

@waymanchen11 I’m loving the burly SR Galileo power cord!!!