dragon_vibe Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Price is negotiable within reasonable limits. Serious buyers may contact me for a number or skype or WhatsApp line for further info. Purchased 2 DACS and 1 Server from a Authorised Dealer for Playback Designs. Keeping 1 DAC and 1 Server for my Main listening room. Potential buyers can skype me and I can give a small tour of my current setup. This unit up for sale is a second DAC I have, since I love the sound of this DAC I went ahead with out thinking about it carefully and purchased 2 DACS, thinking one can be used for my office. Was supposed to be installed for my office setup. Started to realise I'm not using this enough to justify its cost. I have a Syrah Server with another Merlot for my main listening room. My Feedback speaks for it self. Any questions please email me. I can speaker over the phone or communicate via Email. Skype Calls are welcomed if you need a live view to check it out. Virtually Brand New Open Box, Tested Working. Comes with Paper work, Wooden box. Will Ship Via FedEx World Wide. Payment accepted Via Bank Wire, Paypal. Paypal fees has to be covered by the buyer. I prefer to ship to Confirmed address only if paypal is selected as a form of payment to protect both buyer and seller. Condition is 10/10 I have rated it 9/10 Under 10 hour use. Reasonable Offers will be accepted. Shipping in wooden crate hence shipping price is slightly high as FedEx will calculate this shipment based on Dimension. Invoice and Customs paper work can be figured out to ease purchasing. Just let me know what you need put on the invoice prior to shipping out. No questions have been asked about this item. Retail Price: $6500.00 (My unit is virtually brand new! Mint!!) Asking Price: $4850.00 Plus Shipping (Paypal is accepted but fees need to be covered by buyer) Shipping Via FedEx: but I can also ship via EMS. Link to comment
firedog Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 This is the best Dac I've heard at any where near the retail price; at this price it is a steal.It runs on FPGA, not a chip, so is upgradeable. I'm going in a completely different direction, if I was buying a Dac this would be it. Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protector +>Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Strip/Isolation>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three (on their own electric circuit) >GIK Room Treatments. Secondary Path: Server with Audiolense RC>RPi4 or analog>Cayin iDAC6 MKII (tube mode) (XLR)>Kii Three . Bedroom: SBTouch to Cambridge Soundworks Desktop Setup. Living Room/Kitchen: Ropieee (RPi3b+ with touchscreen) + Schiit Modi3E to a pair of Morel Hogtalare. All absolute statements about audio are false Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks Firedog, It is indeed an underrated DAC in my opinion and on my setup it did a better job than my MSB Stack! I purchased 2 Merlot DAC now I'm getting rid of one simply because its not worth keeping for a second system which hardly gets used. Link to comment
jtwrace Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 tempting! W10 NUC i7 (Gen 10) > Roon (Audiolense FIR) > Motu UltraLite mk5 > (4) Hypex NCore NC502MP > JBL M2 Master Reference +4 subs Watch my Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMw_bZWBMtRWNJQfTJ38kA/videos Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'm dropping Asking price down to $4,750.00 Link to comment
zettelsm Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 9 hours ago, dragon_vibe said: I'm dropping Asking price down to $4,750.00 Fantastic deal for someone. I've been living with a Merlot for a while now (it replaced an MPD-3). Superb DAC. Steve Z VPI-HW40 Anniversary turntable, Grado Aeon3 cartridge; Teres turntable, VPI Fatboy gimbal, Dynavector XV1-S, Lyra Helikon mono; Taiko Audio Extreme server, dCS Vivaldi DAC, Upsampler Plus and Clock, Cybershaft OP21 Reference Clock; Playback Designs Pinot ADC; D'Agostino Momentum M400 amplifiers, Momentum HD preamp, Momentum phono stage; Wilson Audio Alexx speakers, 2X3 SVS SB16 Ultra subwoofers; Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR & Typhon, Shunyata Sigma NR & Alpha NR power cords, Sigma interconnects, digital and speaker cables; Stillpoints ESS grid system rack; Stillpoints Ultras and Ultra 5s, component stands and cones under everything, ASC Tube Traps . . . and lots and lots of music. Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 $4650.00 Plus Shipping. I can include Shipping if repacked into a smaller box. If you need the wooden crate shipping is higher due to the increase in dimension and weight. Looking to sell fast, Reasonable offers will be accepted. Both my Ebay and Audiogon Accounts can be verified as a reliable online seller. Buy with confidence. Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 Price Drop : $4500.00 Can include Free Shipping if Repacked into a smaller Strong box. Paypal or Bank Wire. Buyer covers Paypal fees. Link to comment
Le Nhat Nam Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Hi dragon_vibe, What's about power input? (230V or 120V) Thank you, Nam Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 I responded to your private emails. Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 Unit is still available. Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Price Drop 4350.00 Plus Shipping and PP if your using PP. Link to comment
cjf Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Suprised this thing is still for sale. The easy SACD ripping capability make it very tempting. Must resist the thoughts... Good luck with the sale any way and here's a free bump My Audio System -Last Updated May 20 2021 Link to comment
dragon_vibe Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 Its a under-rated DAC, Playback design does not use Magazines or hevey marketing. I guess Andreas back ground information in Digital should convince most people but than again most people don't know who he is and how he is involved in the DSD industry,. I did get some offers, but the clients kept asking if it does Roon or has a volume control. No to either so the deal fell through. Anyways I am up for reasonable offers. Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Review upcoming in Stereophile. Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
ghettie Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Hello, Greg here in Michigan is the Merlot Dac available..?? thanks pleaselet me know....G Link to comment
ghettie Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Please contact me [email protected] 313 278 6505 Link to comment
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