The first Toronto Audiofest took place from October 18 to October 20, 2019 at the Westin Toronto Airport Hotel. The exaSound room featured PlayPoint DM Dual Mono DAC, Streamer and Roon Server; e32 Mark II Isolated Packet Streaming DAC; PlayPoint Mark II Streamer and Server; Gershman Acoustics Black Swan II Speakers; Parasound A51 Amplifier and Krolo Design Rack.
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The harmonic integration across all frequency ranges is truly fine. I would expect this from any quality DAC, but the exaSound line…especially the DM…does so with a laudable ease and effortlessness that makes listening a real pleasure, and that all the time. There is that magic word that I use sometimes to describe a superior harmonic performance and a oneness with a fine recording: organic. When a DAC achieves this in my estimation, they are not sounding like they were manufactured, but like they had grown up like a living creature out of the earth and into our company, just to please us with glorious audio vibes of the highest order. That is the zone that the DM occupies...