Audio Note Kit DAC 2.1 Build

I'm finding the quiet passages to be way more moving than I'm used to. Well recorded piano is just giving me chills.

 

I need to eat dinner, but I can't even pull myself away, lol. Damnit, I want to be mad at Brian, but I can't help feeling now that it was money well spent.

 

And isn't that the true shame of it all? You shouldn't have to have those conflicting feelings.

A little more care with shipping the parts, a little more care taken with keeping the manuals up to date, and this whole thread would have been fundamentally different, and for the better.

 

Indeed. I sent him a follow up email to say kudos on the actual finished product and a more friendly note than before that I'd be happy to tell him all of the troubles I had following the documentation and maybe get some things fixed.

 

Looks like he's open to the idea.

 

Ah the joys of digital. I agree one of the most enjoyable and obvious (to me anyway) differences is the apparent total silence except for the music. I suspect this contributes to the openness and sound stage image. I have some performances such as Arne Domnerus-Jazz at the Pawnshop that put the listener in the audience. BTW if you have not heard this recording and like Jazz give a listen. For me it is one of the finest live recordings ever and the musicians are both excellent and in top form. One of mine and my wife's favorites is to put this performance on, light a few candles, open a bottle and sit back while feeling we are there center of the room about 12 feet back from the stage. GRTZ on getting to the music.

 

I enjoy a little jazz, but haven't taken a deep dive. I'll check it out and fire up the lava lamp, haha.

 

I'm still trying to eat dinner here. I was determined to finish my shortlist of favorite songs I've added since I got Roon and saw only three songs left and was like "cool". My last two were a 20 minute piano and orchestra concerto and a 12 minute Steven Wilson song. I feel like I'm in a time warp.

 

I've got a couple for you- wolfert brederode trio, black ice on ecm- spare, modern jazz;
and nate morgan journey into nigritia, on nimbus west- spiritual jazz by a great, great player. both have stunning piano parts that will enable you to hear into the midrange and get the body and tonal decay of the instrument. both are well recorded and readily available. (the vinyl LP of the nate morgan was reissued and is long gone, the original pressing is now serious money).

 

Thanks for a great thread on your experience. I discovered the thread a few hours ago, and have been mesmerized.

 

I'm really enjoying the piano on the first one you suggested, but I'm having trouble coming to terms with the seriously off time drums in that first song. Someone get that man some Ritalin!

Glad I could entertain you

 

It was like a book - I felt the pain, the joy, the setback, etc.. Fortunately I didn’t have to wait the many weeks for the next chapter to unfold.

Enjoy the music!

 

Try “At Home” by Tord Gustavsen Trio on the album Being There, also on ECM.

 

I can't deny what I'm hearing. This is a game changer more than any other component I've added since I went from Polk monitors to KEF. Now I can't wait to tube roll! Look at me go.

 

NOS DACs can do some things very special. When done right it somehow works very well. I haven't been able to try a NOS DAC of the style that Audio Note and ANK do. It's a different sort of NOS than others. Now I'm curious. I've heard some NOS DACs I like and some I don't. Implementation matters.

 

What I'm really noticing is the electric guitar distorts in such a convincing way that I've thought my speakers were blown for real a couple times during Wish You Were Here. It's such a realistic overdrive sound that my speakers sound overdriven. Crazy!

 

Glad you stuck with it and succeeded! Enjoy the fruits of your labor and in your wine glass!

 

I love a story with a happy ending.

 

Praise the Lord for Pink Floyd I'm in another world at the moment, enjoying the production value on a whole new level. This visceral reaction I'm having to the music is unlike anything I've ever experienced. Sorry to gush. My jaw is just on the floor

 

Great thread

 

I can't really tell, but I think he likes it.

 

I've said "oh my god" so many times tonight, anybody listening in would get the wrong idea.

 

Here's this for an endorsement: The Wall just went from probably #5 on my list of Floyd albums (big fan obviously) to number #1 somehow. I always skipped over most everything but the hits, and gave a go at listening to the whole thing recently, but couldn't do it. This DAC has made me enjoy music I couldn't enjoy before. There is something very special happening. No regrets anymore.

 

Funny you mentioned Floyd. I listened to Wish You Were Here yesterday. Had not in months though it is one of my fav. Floyds'. I think later today will be 'Wall' day.

 

Tonight was one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had. I listened from about 4pm to 2am and didn't want to stop. It just kept getting better. I sat alone on the couch ALL day and I somehow feel like I made memories. The journey feels over *phew*

Goodnight