Acurus DIA 100 MKII OPINIONS???
david white
I'm am considering purchasing the DIA 100, and am picking up one to demo
in my system later this week. I would appreciate any input anybody has
regarding this piece. I have B&W 602's and a marantz CD63 to connect to
it.
Thanks,
David
Adrian305
I have the DIA-100 Mk1. It's a great piece of gear. Fantastic
transparency,which I attribute to the passive control/switching
section. Great build quality, parts, and industrial design. I'm very
pleased with mine.
Go to these places to read more:
www.consumer-review.com/audio/reviews/acurus_dia100_amplifier.shtml
www.mondialdesigns.com/dia-100.htm
adrian, patron saint of usenet brevity.
rjt...@aol.com
It is a great piece especially when you get basically a 100 watt amp and passive pre in 1 box. Try it I think you will find it is very clean, detailed, etc. The only drawbacks are that 100 watts is
all they could fit in there and no remote !!
Happy listening & viewing! Bob at Avalon Audio Video, Medford, NJ. By appointment. 609-654-7752. b...@avalonav.com Hardware can be demoed in home.
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Jonathan and Cynthia Darling
Depending upon what type of music you enjoy, I found the DIA rather bright
sounding- of course this does depend upon your other gear, but I have not
heard either the Marantz CD or B&W's described as mellow.
In my opinion if you listen to rock or electric jazz/pop you may find the
combination very clean and exciting. If you listen to more
acoustic/classical/vocal music I think you may find that over time the
sound will wear on you.
In other repects the DIA is a good purchase. Good company, established
product, good build quality and more power than other integrateds at it's
price point.
--
Jonathan Darling
jdar...@nwu.edu
Dana Bunner
Jonathan and Cynthia Darling wrote:
>
> Depending upon what type of music you enjoy, I found the DIA rather bright
> sounding- of course this does depend upon your other gear, but I have not
> heard either the Marantz CD or B&W's described as mellow.
If you read the current Stereophile capsule review of the
Marantz CD-63SE in their April, 1997 issue, you'll find
that they described it as sounding smooth and sweet.
Dana
Joe Cheng
I've got one. No doubt about it, it's definitely bright. Others have
called it "etched".
Whether listening through my NAD 314 amp and B&W DM602 speakers or with
Sennheiser HD 545 hooked directly into the player's headphone jack, it
sounds bright. Not necessarily a bad thing though. I personally like its
sound.
-jmc
Dana Bunner
Joe Cheng wrote:
>
> >> Depending upon what type of music you enjoy, I found the DIA rather
> bright
> >> sounding- of course this does depend upon your other gear, but I have
> not
> >> heard either the Marantz CD or B&W's described as mellow.
> >
> >If you read the current Stereophile capsule review of the
> >Marantz CD-63SE in their April, 1997 issue, you'll find
> >that they described it as sounding smooth and sweet.
>
> I've got one. No doubt about it, it's definitely bright. Others have
> called it "etched".
Oh, I'm quite familiar with it, I own a 63SE. I consider it to be
very slightly bright - after comparing it directly to several more
expensive CD players.
I was merely responding to the original poster (whose name I've since
lost) who said that they had never heard of one being described as
mellow. Fact is, there has been more than one review that has used
such descriptors as "sweet" and "smooth" to describe the sound. And
of the 8 reviews I've read, none have described it as being overly
bright or harsh.
> Whether listening through my NAD 314 amp and B&W DM602 speakers or with
> Sennheiser HD 545 hooked directly into the player's headphone jack, it
> sounds bright. Not necessarily a bad thing though. I personally like its
> sound.
I find the player's headphone outs to be bright, it is my perception
that it is deficient on bass output. Probably a pretty low end
headphone amp. Also I personally find the DM602 to be on the
bright side, I've seen lab measurements which depict a rather
extensive hump in the upper midrange (on the order of +5dB).
Dana
>
> -jmc
Eddie Hou
>
> I find the player's headphone outs to be bright, it is my perception
> that it is deficient on bass output. Probably a pretty low end
> headphone amp.
The headphone out, if used with harsher sounding headphones, can tend to
be very bright- much more than the actual fixed line out.
The headphone amp is probably your average cheap op-amp.
I've also found that if any popular CD player has a "burn-in" time, both
out of the box, and after power-on, its the Marantz 63SE.
-Eddie
Joe Cheng
You could be right. By the way, have you heard the Musical Fidelity
X-10? I have heard rave reviews about it, and they always seem to
mention that it sounds particularly good with the 63se & 67se.
If the CD-63SE alone compares with $1000 cd players, what must the
CD-63SE + X-10 compare with??
-Joe
> I find the player's headphone outs to be bright, it is my perception
> that it is deficient on bass output. Probably a pretty low end
> headphone amp. Also I personally find the DM602 to be on the