MUSICIAN PEGASUS R2R Resistance DAC 32Bit/1536kHz 24Bit 6BIT DSD Balanced USB DAC Support DSD1024 SPDIF Receiving Scheme（Black）

Incuriosito dalla tecnologia R2R ho deciso di vendere il mio, praticamente nuovo, Gustard X16 e di acquistare, ad orecchie chiuse, ahimé, questo DAC di cui avevo letto buone recensioni. Vero, costa il doppio del Gustard ma non immaginavo una differenza tale...fin da subito, senza averlo "rodato"! Non posso fare confronti diretti per cui vi posso parlare solo delle mie sensazioni. Inserito in una catena composta da ampli valvolare Primaluna, diffusori Diapason Adamantes III, PC dedicato con Volumio come sorgente, ho osservato miglioramenti sotto ogni aspetto: dinamica, dettaglio, spazialità, fronte sonoro, insomma, la sensazione di essere davanti ad un prodotto di qualità nettamente superiore al precedente DAC ma anche alle mie aspettative e, con ogni probabilità, anche a parecchi concorrenti della stessa fascia di prezzo. Insomma, avete presente quando comprate qualcosa che si rivela superiore alle vostre aspettative...?

I've owned Topping DACs, the d70 and d90. I've enjoyed both but I did find the d70 maybe a bit too soft overall and the d90 too precise at times and lacking when it came to the timbre of vocals/organic instruments. It all sounded very high in transparency/resolution but lacked soul. I tried the Denafrips Ares to see what I was missing and did not hold on to it for too long as I found it simply lacked the resolution and did not do well with dynamics despite having a clear advantage in the tonality/timbre department when compared to the DS Dacs. Enter Pegasus, to my ears it does just about everything that the d90 does in terms of details/resolution but adds a sense of ease and realism that makes music not only impressive to listen to but enjoyable. Very similar to listening to vinyl on a quality TT and phono stage without the inconvenience. The dynamics and bass are also very nice and I don't find anything lacking with busy music, or electronic music with slam, just sounds right and engaging. Glad I gave R2R dacs another go.

Dac without frills (for example there is no display and remote control) but of very high quality and remarkable robustness.I use it only in connection with the coaxial digital output of a cd player and the sound that comes out (obviously from the combination of amplifier and speakers downstream of the dac), while being very analytical and spectacular, it maintains a naturalness and elegance very rare.The price is close to about a thousand euros, but, taking into account the quality of the product, it can certainly be defined as advantageous, having this product a constructive class and a sound performance of dacs with double and triple cost of the Musician Pegasus

tested all functions and they are all work, shipping was on time. Appreciate the seller sending massage of how to break in. The weight shows sign of sturdy building. Lets see how reliable of the quality to be.Wish the sound good after break-in

Been to many audio shows but nothing beats listening to your own system for critical evaluations. Owned numerous dacs and cd players back in the day (TDA 1541 adcom, EAD 7000 III with the pcm63, B.A.T. Vkd5 cd player, Marant SA 15, Schiit Bifrost 1) and some of them really impressed me. But none of them did so as much as the Musican Pegasus. For starters it is day four of burn in. Listened to it every day with the rca interconnects then switched to balanced interconnects to the preamp for kicks. I'm sticking with balanced connections. NOS mode is best too. No doubts about it. Oversampling is still better then most delta-sigma dacs out there, but go full nos with this multibit r2r dac and never look back. Sound is organic, deep bass, smooth, detailed without being singlebitty. Voices are simply incredible. Bass is fast yet thick and authoritative. Speed is incredible. Still have more days for burn in but loving this dac so far.One month update:During this time a few upgrades were made to the system. I have added an audiophile switch, which sits between the router and server (laptop). A linear power supply to power the switch. A usb converter/bridge known as the Matrix X Spdif 2, and a separate lps to power it. Also have tested a couple of new interconnects.Now that I have many more hours with this dac a few more insights are warranted. Let's start with the inputs. All of them work wonderfully and sound great. If I were to rank them from least to most enjoyable it would be tough to do since I like them all. However here it goes anyway, 4) RCA Coax, 3) USB, 2) Aes/ebu balanced, 1) i2s. Eye-squared-ess and aes/ebu are top notch, with either of these inputs connected you get a texture of sound on front-to-back depth that is both palpable yet clean., not diffuse as with usb (though this connection is very pleasing to the ears as well).Image definition with the i2s is the best of the lot.In summary, the Musician Pegasus is a wonderful keeper. It does things that make you want to keep listening to the music. It is not the last word in razor sharp precision, other dacs can do that with utmost incision. Instead, the Pegasus tickles the ear and pulls you into its world. Once there, you may eventually be stuck to your listening chair for hours onwards. This is not a polite dac either, where you would ask yourself, "where's the beef?". Nope, there is both power and finess in this machine? The Pegasus does organic with speed better then most while reaching the nether regions of the subterranean. Remember to wear your seat belt. This dac will take you from 0-60 in a flash. The power of it's dynamic punch is incredible, as if a prime Mike Tyson gave you a good whallop during intense dynamic swings. Fun stuff.