From: Adolfo Leung
Sent: Mar 4, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: DIP combo and speaker cables

Dear CC and June,

The old DIP was already excellent.  The new one does more and does even better.  Concerning color, other people may differ, but I prefer black.  The light color stands out too much, especially while all my other components are black, in my opinion.
The big news are the speaker cables.  They are marvelous!  It is definitely better than the one I have, and better than many I have listened to.  The most precious qualities of these cables are the space and realism.  While playing Enya's "Storm in Africa" I could picture myself physically on the vast plains of Africa, complete with lions and zebras, hearing a furious storm coming and sweeping through.  In comparison, the closest I could describe many other cables is they give me good and big, OK sometimes very good and very big, pictures of the plains of Africa, but I don't feel them around me.  These PCOCC monocular copper strands' got some magic!
The cables may still have a little way to go before they reach prime, but I can tell you they are keepers.
Thanks.
Adolfo


From: Kerry Brown
Sent: Nov 25, 2009 5:57 PM

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