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Title: NOS1 First Impressions Post by: BrianG on January 05, 2011, 12:20:10 pm Hi all,
I have joined the lucky band of early adopters for the NOS1 DAC, does it live up to the hype? YES it does! :yahoo: OK a little more detail, first, I've been following the XXHighEnd and NOS1 development since Bert kicked Peter off his forum ;) I wouldn't call myself an avid hifi nut but after years of searching for the holly grail of sound reproduction I stumbled upon Bert's forum and built the Oris horns with Onken bass units, I then stumbled upon Allen Wright's site, spent a day with him in Zurich and then built his DIY version of the DPA300b amps. The pre-amp came from Bert as did the TwinDAC+ and I was a very happy chappy. So I was content with my lot but why go for the NOS1? Just curiosity I guess and with the almost "try before you buy" option it was reasonably low risk and of course the XXHighEnd software is optimized for the NOS1 so a no brainer to at least have a listen. Well what does it sound like? In my system before NOS1 it was if I had been listening through a curtain draped between me and the speakers, or like listening through something thicker than air (dense air maybe :) ). I listen to the NOS1 and the music has no cloths on! :NY02: The first thing I noticed was a headache, don't run the NOS1 without up-sampling with 16/44.1 material :oops: After selecting all the correct starting point options I immediately wanted to play everything I have just to hear them for the first time. With the NOS1 I do hear everything and there is a certain pleasure in knowing this is "as good as it gets". Thank You Peter a job well done! :goodjob: Brian Title: Re: NOS1 First Impressions Post by: BertD on January 06, 2011, 09:52:51 am Hey Brian,
Long time... :bye: ...and welcome to the club! Quote ... I've been following the XXHighEnd and NOS1 development since Bert kicked Peter off his forum ;) Yep, for everything there is a place and here it IS the perfect spot for Peter's XXHighend and DAC developments... :innocent: Cheers, Bert Title: Re: NOS1 First Impressions Post by: BrianG on January 18, 2011, 12:01:05 pm Chaps,
I have had the courage to remove my pre-amp and drive my amps direct from NOS1. I was nervous but it all works fine, no pops or bangs from NOS1 and not having the preamp gain the XXHighend volume control stays well within the green. Brian |