

Equal satisfaction came from very different music, a bit of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos, on a 2L recording in 24/192 format.
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Displayed were two Mini Dragon Planar Satellites ($4995/pair), MD-4 amplifier/DAC with DSP ($2995this has four amplifier modules, four DAC modules, and a "super high power" DSP engine, and can decode up to PCM 24/192 or play DSD that has been converted to PCM by music playback software such as Roon, Amarra, and Audirvana), an 8" subwoofer ($495), and a set of Kimber Kable cables ($1495).įrom a typical desk chair position, the bass on a 24/96 file of deep-voiced Cassandra Wilson's "Dance to the Drummer Again" was deep and totally in control (as in tight). This "totally absolutely impressive" system, to quote from my ultra-articulate show note scribble, includes digital volume control and room correction. C), who continues to design every Audeze headphone, calls these first desktop planar speakers from his new company his "life achievement the finest transducer I have built," and, b) they sound fantastic.

Although most rooms I visited at the end of RMAF 2018 offered fine sound, I single out the new Dragonfire Acoustics Mini Dragon self-powered desktop system ($10,000 total) for two reasons: a) its designer, Dragoslav Colich (aka Dr.
