From: "William Leung" <wltc@hotmail.com>
To: "CCPOON" <monarchy@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:50:53 +0800

Dear Mr Poon,
It sounds a good suggestion since I am using a quite power hungry speaker - Ruark Solus. This is the best speaker I've ever come across and I don't think I'll give it up. The SE-160 may be a good choice and I am also a person chasing after high analytical sound. Therefore, it seems that may be my M33 is worth keeping.
Finally, I need to say again your DIP upsampler could be one of the greatest product in the hi-fi world. It really revive and turn cheap DVD players and other digital signal players into hi-end stuff. Marvelous works Mr Poon!
 
Regards
William

To fellow audiophiles:

If you have a good DA converter then this little box will really make the 
best of it. It makes the sound very smooth, all last bits of sharpness 
disappeared, a very delicate sound with more inner detail, rounder and 
very relaxed. You can also play louder if you want to. For me it does not 
sound like cd anymore at all.

This jitter reduction, upsampling and signal conversion from rca to xlr 
makes a clear difference that you hear from the first second you connect 
it. From then onwards you will just enjoy. A perfect product for people 
with seperate converters.

Gerard 
 

Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:16:24 -0700
From: John Petti <jrp@hwr.arizona.edu>
To: Microwise <microwisesystems@earthlink.net>
Subject:   DIP UPSAMPLER

Hi Ming,

Got the package yesterday, thanks for the fast shipping. 
The DIP sounds great in my rig!!
Cheers,
John

 Jonathan Petti
 Research Specialist
 Department of Hydrology
 University of Arizona
 
 

From: R477z@aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:33:28 EST
Subject: 48/96 Upsampler
 

Mr. Poon,
 About 1 week ago I sent you the registration form for my 48/96 Upsampler.
 I really don't know what else I can say about the unit that hasn't  been written.
 That is some magical black box. I never knew how much information I 
 was missing on my  cd's til I hooked up your 48/96 Upsampler.
 Thanks again for making my music come alive.

Rich
 

From: "Ezra" <audioezra@comcast.net>
Subject: upsampler
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:13:43 -0600

CC 
my dear Sir, your dip upsampler is possibly the best in the world.
and you sir are indeed a genius and as I always say of you you are just what America need.
I have a cost no object system,
and your dip made a vast improvment Ireccomend it for systems of any cost and
I do mean any.Thank you CC from a thirty year hi end audio vet.
Ezra
 

From: W L 
Sent: Feb 15, 2004 10:55 PM 
To: monarchy@earthlink.net 

Hi, Mr. Poon,
After listening to the DIP upsampler for two weeks, I wish to offer some comments.
It is a really good product that has revitalized my whole system. I haven't been "seriously" listening to music for the past ten months ever since  I've sold my CEC cd player in return for a Song SACD player for DVD, SACD and CD playing. Even though the Sony was sort of top of the line product, I found the music too harsh, mechanical and hardly enjoyable. I've lost all the warm and musical touch that CEC used to bring me. Due to space and other reasons I haven't tried to buy another good CD player.

I've been reading reviews and magazines about the dip and decided to give it a try. The very first moment I plugged it into my system, I found that the old CEC feelings all come back immediately. The musical tone, smooth and clarity is amazing. Even more, it eliminate the slow and a bit "dull" feeling I found in CEC before. I cannot stop listening to it for the whole weekend.

Great product, Mr. Poon! The next step I am looking forward is to upgrade my SM 70PRO to bi-amp when situation permits.

Regards

William 
 
 

From: "mauricio rosas" <maxlorenz24@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:26:47 -0300

Dear Mr. Poon:
This is it. The search is over. I knew it when I got my DIP upsampler. 
Quality like this is (almost) impossible to find at this price. While I 
was waiting for the SE100 Delux I read the reviews several times. The 
reviewers were very accurate in his comments, BUT, nothing could prepare 
us for the
experience of listening to these Class A amps: my personal tastes includes 
Opera, symphonic and chamber music, and I understand now why your products 
are famous for vocal and strings reproduction and for layering and 
individualization of players. Bass reproduction is solid, tight and 
accurate. You can follow the bass lines easily. In fact, even with 
difficult scores, one could follow the music with a "partitura" on hand. 
The sweetness of tone, the delicacy and elegance of acoustic instruments 
engages you and allows for a joyfull listening sesion, wich is what it's 
all about. Opera and Choral music listening is quite a ghostly experience! 
Ella singed for me tonight.
The adjectives most related to the SE100 are "lovely" (from "love") and 
"charming" (in its original french meaning: "enchanting"; "bewithching"). 
Please note that I use entry level, rather old, Paradigm speakers and a 
NAD receiver as DAC/preamp. Even with this configuration the SE100's 
qualitys shine, wich makes me also note how constrained the DIP upsampler 
performance was when using the NAD as an amp! (do the DIP performance has 
a limit?)
I can't wait to upgrade DAC and speakers to see how far the amps can go.
Also an improuvement in performance is anticipated as units burn-in.

I am most grateful to you for making such good products for us, 
third-world audiophiles.

Mauricio.
 

From: "Frederic Delbrouck" <fa454778@skynet.be>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:18:48 +0100

Att: June 

Sorry for my late reply  but yr. Upsampler well received & already tested
in my system.

Congratulations for the quick delivery : the Upsampler was delivered at
11:00 AM on Monday Nov. 11, 2003  which makes it a 1 week delivery from San Francisco
to my doorstep (in Belgium): an absolute world record if you ask me!
Tell Mr. C. C. POON that I'm very pleased with the sweet & coherent sound I
now get from my hi-fi system and keep me posted if he should consider a further step of
improvement (a 192 khz Upsampler DIP?)

Many thanks & best regards,

F. Delbrouck
 
 

From: "mauricio rosas" <maxlorenz24@hotmail.com>
To: microwisesystems@earthlink.net
Subject:   DIP UPSAMPLER
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:27:42 -0300 (From Chile)
 

Dear Ming:

My DIP upsampler arrived only yesterday but in perfect condition (good 
packing). The blame was on DHL World-wide "express" (not your fault).

I know that it will sound better after a brake-in period but let me tell you 
that the change in the sound of my system was obvious just out-of-the-box: a 
lowering in the noise floor and a subsequent rise in the relative (or absolute?)
volume of each instrument/voice; a sound that is tight (I mean controled but I don't know if wrote it well) 
in all the frequencies; more sensation of space and positioning of instruments/voices;
less false-brightness (sounds are rounder); bass frequencies are fuller and with 
more detail (detail is better all around but especially in the extremes). 
All this is specially noticeable in my historic opera recordings, with fuller and soft-edged voices: delicious.
It's like a better conductor was playing in front of the orquestra!

I guess using the DIP upsampler is like buying a US$1000 CD player.

Now my humble system consist of: entry-level JVC DVD player-->your AV-1 in coaxial (thank you again)--> The unbelievable DIP Upsampler--> my dear DH Labs silversonic coaxial cable--> my competent NAD T761 receiver working in 24 bits/96 Khz--> a set of Paradigm speakers in 5.1 configuration. 

I can almost see the DAC smiling!
I know there's lot of room for improuvement but that's the fun of it!
Congratulations to Mr. Poon.

I dream on visiting San Fco. and buying some pure class A amps.

My ethernal gratitude
Mauricio. 

PS: I'll make some advertising here, on your benefit I hope.
 

_________________________________________________________________
Monarchy Audio,

I purchased the DIP 48/96 Upsampler this morning.  My DAC uses Burr-Brown PCM1704U-K DACs, 
which can work with 24/96 signals.  However the DAC only has toslink inputs. 
I purchased a coaxial to toslink converter from a
computer supply company to use between the Upsampler's coaxial output and
the DAC's toslink inputs.  The converter I bought will only work with the 48KHz setting. 
The sound is incredible and I am completely happy with the
Upsampler in my system, even after only about an hour or so of play.
However I would like to be able to use the 96 KHz setting on the Upsampler.
Do you know of any coaxial to toslink converters that will pass a 96 KHz
signal?  Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chuck Music
cmusic@foothills.net
(Yes, Music is my real name. :-) )

___________________________________________________________________________________
 

From: Alessandro.Tani@bipiemmesgr.it
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:53:17 +0200
Dear Mr. Poon,
I thank you for your kindness and for your assistance.
I tested the DIP upsampler and I confirm you it's a great
processor.
I changed the default's factory from 48 to 96, as I have
the new Musical Fidelity A3 24 DAC, which works with 96 and 192.
I found a bigger soundstage, more solid bass and more details.
It 'is ok.

Let me know if you have some suggestions for me and how can I improve my
chain with your products.

Finally, I will be able to speak with you about distribution in Italy by
the beggining of September.

All the best and kind regards.

Alessandro Tani
Direttore Area Marketing

Bipiemme Gestioni S.p.a.
Galleria De Cristoforis, 1
20122 Milano
 

From: "William M. Koch"  wkoch@houston.rr.com
Subject: Model 33 and 24/96 Upsampler
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:19:48 -0500

Installed these units in my system and you are correct. They are better than my Wadia 27. I am using very plain digital interconnects with them. What difference would I hear out of my Sound Lab A-1's if I switched to your  DR-1 or DR-2 Cables?  Can I audition  cables? You will recall I use Atma-sphere OTL mono amps.

Best Regards,

Bill Koch
 
 

From: "Seung Joon Lee" <sjl18@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: DIP Sampler
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:38:20 -0500

Thanks,
I received it yesterday, and it really makes my system sing again!
I'm pretty impressed with 48.1k oversampling, the maximum my D/A converter
can handle.

Thanks again,
Seung
 

From: "ST Chelvam" <tchelvam@hotmail.com>
To: "C.C.POON" <monarchy@earthlink.net>

Dear Mr. Poon,
Sorry for the late reply and noted  your tit for tat. 

Over the weekend a friend of mine very skeptically tried out the Upsampler with his latest so called 24/192 upgraded Counterpoint DAC and what we discovered was unbelievable. The Upsampler simply lifted the sound level to a different level altogether. In fact, I was amazed with the improvement and wonder why are selling it so cheap.

I believe in giving credit where its due and therefore Congratulations!! Your motto High End sound at Low Cost is the ultimate truth in every sense.

Regards,

S T Chelvam.
 

C.C.:

You're welcome for the comments.  BTW, I inadvertently wrote the wrong title of the Eric Johnson DVD-A in my initial e-mail message.  The title is actually  "Ah Via Musicom".
Also, in my setup, the DIP 48/96 is set for 96 kHz upsampling.
If you wish to design a phono section, my guess is there would be plenty of interest.

Regards,
Ronald Wysocki 

Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 19:55:44 -0700
To: monarchy@earthlink.net
From: Ronald Wysocki <rwysocki@earthlink.net>

I purchased both a 24/96 DIP and a 48/96 DIP Upsampler to use with my Pioneer DVL 919 Combi player.  I use the Upsampler with the PCM-only output and the DIP with the other coaxial digital output that passes the surround data.  The DAC I use is the internal DAC in the Elite VSX 37TX receiver in my video system.  The Upsampler won't pass Dolby Digital or DTS, but that is only for information purposes only to those individuals who may wonder about that setup.

I highly recommend the Upsampler for PCM signals, whether one uses a 24-bit/48 kHz or 16/44.1 bitstream.  The sound improvement is really something.  For CDs, the sound possesses more body and midrange clarity.  I tried both of these units with my music only system that uses an MSB Tech Link DAC III and the units cannot seem to coexist with the MSB.  There is a clicking noise that passes through to the speakers, but I am not concerned as  I am not so fond of the sound of the MSB anyway.

Will Monarchy provide a DAC that will possess 24-bit/96 kHz or even 24-bit /192 kHz capabilities?  I read that Classic Records is considering updating its  DAD's with a 24/192 bitstream.  I have a few of their 24/96 DAD's and the sound of these disks is very good, if one has a player that will output the 24/96 stream intact, i.e., not downsampled to 48 kHz.  There are other non-copy protection DVD-A disks that will pass the high resolution  24/96 bitstream (an early release Eric Johnson's "Ah Via Musicom" is one example) onto an outboard DAC.

Based on my experience with these two units and the word of mouth description about the 18-bit and 20-bit Monarchy DACs, I would be interested if Monarchy would offer the 24 bit upgrades.

Keep up the good work.

Regards,
Ronald Wysocki

reply:
Hi, Ron,
Many thanks for the comments and info.
We are working on a 24/192 DAC and hope to introduce it this summer.
Sincerely,
C.C.POON