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Thoughts from Brazil
Mr. Poon, congratulations.
Sincerely, this device is the best thing I put in my stereo chain, ever! It is between HK DVD22 (transport) and MF A3.24 (DAC), with VDH Triaxial Professional and AQ VDM-3 as digital cables, besides others great ancillaries.
The sound is amazing. I would rate 5 stars now against 3,5 stars before them.
Excellent money.
Thank you.
Francisco Wanderlei dos Reis Reis <franciscowanderlei@yahoo.com.br>
Plugged-In in Africa
Dear Sir
I'm writing to confirm the receipt of your DIP Combo. It arrived safely and it works like a bomb!
Thanks again for all your assistance.
Regards,
Roman <LIPTAKR@kznlegislature.gov.za>
DIP in the Downunder
Subject: Comment on Monarchy Audio DIP
Hi Dr Poon,
First of all, thank you very much in sending the replacement transformer so quickly. It gives me a peace of mind that you are fully backing your product and I appreciate it.
This email is about the DIP Combo. While my new 22a is with Eddie and my old 22a is going through some upgrade such as internal cablings since they are so old. I have mediocre DAC which I used for streaming music file. I moved it to my main system and hooked it up to the DIP. I can immediately notice a big improvement as soon as hit the play button. Previously, this mediocre DAC was unable to resolve complex passage - the whole sound stage basically became a mess and all I wanted to do was to turn it off.
Now with the DIP, it is able to resolve the image even for the most complex passage. The entire presentation from sound stage, image through to dynamics has improved considerably. I have cables more than twice the cost of the DIP but they never achieved such massive level of improvement across the board. I can't wait for the 22a to return and I will not hesitate at all to recommend the DIP to my friends - it is a winner!
I will certainly try your DR-1 cable. Is it a silver, copper or silver coated copper cable? I have a few digital interconnects such as Stereovox The Reference XV-Ultra, Oyaide DR-510 and AQ VDM5 to compare it with.
Looking at your product offering in your web site, you do not seem to have stand-alone DAC like the 22a on offer anymore, is that right? I can only find the NM24 which includes a line amp and it does not has balance option. Does it take 96Khz digital input if I want to use it with the DIP Combo?
Regards,
Victor <victorli01@optusnet.com.au>
Just to let you know DIP's straight out of the box first impressions.
Plugged and played after one hour break-in.
The overall improvements in sound took my breath away. Literally.
Due to the large amount of positive feebacks for DIP, I thought I was ready for this.
I was wrong.
The change in soundstage depth is simply awsome, voices seem to come out from nowhere.
And the increased air, lots of air, among instruments really makes the musical message shine
in each and every subtle nuance.
I don't know how much break-in time is mandatory for DIP's best performance, anyway,
as far as I'm Concerned, I feel myself in heaven just after a few hours of use.
My cd player is Musical Fidelity A1 CD Pro used as transport paired with
Audio Research DAC 2.
Not quite a budget player and a well renowned converter.
Well, DIP has raised the bar though. And it did it significantly and magnificently.
For sure one of the best buy in all my audiophile life.
Congratulations Mr. Poon!
Yours Sincerely,
Roberto Vecchi
Hi Mr. Poon,
Thanks again for taking time today to show me around and for the wonderful DIP Combo.
So far all components are outputting 48/96 - the iMac, the 48/96 Upsampler and the DIP Combo - and it sounds so good I am reluctant to even try 48 kHz !
Ever since upgrading my electronics, my horn speaker's often seemed too 'bright'. For two years now I have been fighting this 'glare'... have tried major amp upgrades, bought a
PS Audio Power Plant, changed speaker wire, got a new CDP, new racks, adjusted channel balance over and over and over, added room treatments galore, etc., etc.. Nothing seemed to help that much. The glare was still there.
The DIP Combo seems to have changed all that. I noticed right away that the gain seemed to be lower - I am able to turn up the preamps volume, which is a good thing - and the glare seems to be just gone. No ma's gloss.
What a relief ! The sound is so much improved it's hard to believe. It's not just the absent glare either, the soundstage seems deeper ( if not wider ), farther behind and less 'attached' to the speakers.
On the balanced interconnects ? Is that Belden cable fully shielded ? With copper braid ? Or is it just aluminum foil shielding ? Seemed kind of thin to be braid-shielded and that's important for me since I live close to a radio tower and foil shielded interconnects in my system are prone to pick up RFI.
Happy Turkey Day,
Kerry Brown
Mr. Poon, congratulations.
Sincerely, this device is the best thing I put in my stereo chain, ever!
It is between HK DVD22 (transport) and MF A3.24 (DAC), with VDH Triaxial Professional and AQ VDM-3 as digital cables, besides others great ancillaries. The sound is amazing. I would rate 5 stars now against 3,5 stars before them.
Excellent money.Thank you.
Francisco Wanderlei dos Reis Reis <franciscowanderlei@yahoo.com.br>
Hi Mr Poon,
Just arrived today and playing with it and all seems to be bloody good.
Will want to buy another one do you have it in black?
Roy
