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Audio outliers are components that take a different engineering route to the end goal of reproducing music.
The designer decided that it would be better to take their unique route than follow the norm. The insight,
different drummer and creative prowess does not necessarily yield better sounding components. For example,
the Doge 8 did not make our list, but that is not to say that it is a lesser sounding preamp than the Ming Da
2A3 preamp. The Doge 8 is just more conventional. Use this guide as interest and not a guide for finding the
best sounding equipment. If the outlier’s design makes sense to you, then buy it.
The designer decided that it would be better to take their unique route than follow the norm. The insight,
different drummer and creative prowess does not necessarily yield better sounding components. For example,
the Doge 8 did not make our list, but that is not to say that it is a lesser sounding preamp than the Ming Da
2A3 preamp. The Doge 8 is just more conventional. Use this guide as interest and not a guide for finding the
best sounding equipment. If the outlier’s design makes sense to you, then buy it.
Equipment that is "out of the ordinary".
The Ming Da MD 300APS Preamp
Away with the convention of using "preamp" tubes (triodes) for
per-amplification. This baby uses the extensible 300B or 2A3 to achieve sonic
bliss. The first stage is fed through a pair of 6SN7s and then fed to the Single
Ended Triodes. The result: a preamp that truly has "Class A" sound in the best
way. As a matter of fact, it makes most amps, even solid state ones, sound like
SETs. Amazing
Away with the convention of using "preamp" tubes (triodes) for
per-amplification. This baby uses the extensible 300B or 2A3 to achieve sonic
bliss. The first stage is fed through a pair of 6SN7s and then fed to the Single
Ended Triodes. The result: a preamp that truly has "Class A" sound in the best
way. As a matter of fact, it makes most amps, even solid state ones, sound like
SETs. Amazing
The Doge 6 and Doge 6 Clarity
Most folks get overly concerned about what DAC chip is used in the
conversion process. Well, we are ready to say it again: “It doesn't make a
hill of beans what chip is used”. What really gives digital music sonic
character is the filtering and conversion process. Where as most tube CD
players use a solid state filter with a tube output stage, the Doge 6 uses
both a tube filter and tube output stage. The filtering is done by the two
12AT7 tubes, and what a wonderful filter it is. Not only is the music tonally
balanced, but instruments jump out of the speaker as if unleashed from the
chains that were holding them in two dimensional space. Tube rolling in the
Doge 6 is a really a gas, because you can change the sound six different
ways of Sunday through creative tube rolling.
Most folks get overly concerned about what DAC chip is used in the
conversion process. Well, we are ready to say it again: “It doesn't make a
hill of beans what chip is used”. What really gives digital music sonic
character is the filtering and conversion process. Where as most tube CD
players use a solid state filter with a tube output stage, the Doge 6 uses
both a tube filter and tube output stage. The filtering is done by the two
12AT7 tubes, and what a wonderful filter it is. Not only is the music tonally
balanced, but instruments jump out of the speaker as if unleashed from the
chains that were holding them in two dimensional space. Tube rolling in the
Doge 6 is a really a gas, because you can change the sound six different
ways of Sunday through creative tube rolling.
Bada Purer 3.3
There are tube amps, solid state amps, class “A” amps, dual mono amps etc.
What makes the Bada Purer 3.3 such as outlier is that it combines all of these
together in a technology that lets you “adjust” how much class “A” bias the
amplifier has. Its dual mono / triple transformer design (one for the left
channel, right channel and an “R” core for the preamp) make is a music
champ. Due to its build quality and features, the Bada Purer 3.3 earns its
outlier status and a model for all hybrid amps to copy.
There are tube amps, solid state amps, class “A” amps, dual mono amps etc.
What makes the Bada Purer 3.3 such as outlier is that it combines all of these
together in a technology that lets you “adjust” how much class “A” bias the
amplifier has. Its dual mono / triple transformer design (one for the left
channel, right channel and an “R” core for the preamp) make is a music
champ. Due to its build quality and features, the Bada Purer 3.3 earns its
outlier status and a model for all hybrid amps to copy.
CyberServer / Netgear EVA9150
Soon the rest of the music server world will go the way of
these outliers that funnel the digital signal to the DAC without
the latency, noise and intermodulation distortion of a disk drive
and its arcane motor, LCD or graphics clock. Where wireless
music servers are jitter juke boxes, the solid state drive of the
CyberServer package a stream of digital music to the DACs so
pristine that your DAC will jump for joy every time they see a
signal. Hear your DAC for the very first time with one of these
units and you will not believe your ears.
Soon the rest of the music server world will go the way of
these outliers that funnel the digital signal to the DAC without
the latency, noise and intermodulation distortion of a disk drive
and its arcane motor, LCD or graphics clock. Where wireless
music servers are jitter juke boxes, the solid state drive of the
CyberServer package a stream of digital music to the DACs so
pristine that your DAC will jump for joy every time they see a
signal. Hear your DAC for the very first time with one of these
units and you will not believe your ears.
Ming DA MD75
We just love power humpty equipment for both its engineering and
aesthetics. Trying to get 75 watts out of a tube amp with proper transformer
copper usually yields plaza size amps with a boat anchor weight. A solution
is to create a dual mono amp and place the power transformers in a separate
box and leave the coupling transformers in the main chassis. Not only will
the amp be dead quiet, but it will be much easier to lift and deploy around a
room. Hence, this outlier was borne, and using the Shuguang black bottles,
really gives you dead quiet, dynamic performance.
We just love power humpty equipment for both its engineering and
aesthetics. Trying to get 75 watts out of a tube amp with proper transformer
copper usually yields plaza size amps with a boat anchor weight. A solution
is to create a dual mono amp and place the power transformers in a separate
box and leave the coupling transformers in the main chassis. Not only will
the amp be dead quiet, but it will be much easier to lift and deploy around a
room. Hence, this outlier was borne, and using the Shuguang black bottles,
really gives you dead quiet, dynamic performance.
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