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!
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!
The first thing I noticed was a headache, don't run the NOS1 without up-sampling with 16/44.1 material
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!
Brian
