Article: EMM Labs DA2 Reference DAC and PRE Stereo Preamplifier Review

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18 hours ago, esimms86 said:

I take no issue with reviews of audio components in this price range. I’ll never own such components but that’s not a reason for the reviews not to exist(or against me taking an interest in reading them). To be realistic, however, we’re looking at spending another 75 to 100 thousand dollars for amp(s), speakers and source to go with this pair of components priced at $25,000(btw, not $25,00)apiece. I would definitely enjoy spend a day listening to such a system in an optimized room(with, again, more money spent on room treatment).

I do know about that. This is really the kind of component pairing you could build a system around over time. I'm sure they really scale as you upgrade your gear and everyone knows that the source comes first!

 

I'm kidding, of course. 

 

I'm with you, the total system investment here would be crazy. I talked to a guy last year that had ~$250k USD in equipment going into $12k speakers, though... I had to ask him about that choice of "balance"...

 

Anyway, this is nice to read and maybe a couple years down the road we'll be able to pick up one of those DA2s for cheap?