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Connected to the analog input is a phono-chain, that appears to be just an unbalanced a choice in terms of ratio between price of the various components, as the ratio between the amplifier and the speakers is.Ī wildly expensive but very good Brinkmann EMT Titanium phono cartridge is built into the tone arm of a Music Hall MMF 9.1 turntable. The CEC CD drive passes its digital output signal through the Audio Note AN-V coaxial cable not through an Audio Note DAC 3.1x with De Jong Systems upgrade, but is directly linked to the D 3020. The Duos have an upgraded crossover, with Sprague paper-in-oil capacitors with a Teflon bypass and Tritec air coils. Strengthened (or overconfident?) by this experience, the device is being set up with two Avantgarde Duo loudspeakers, connected through a 47Labs 4708 OTA cable. All things considered, it’s pretty impressive.

The DAC and its amplifier stages bring out the finer qualities in the Dali speaker set while at the same time adding a full-blooded, dynamical character to the rendition that makes you forget you are listening to relatively small standing speakers. Bass is tight and deep, voices and instruments sound more tangible, and everything pieces together effortlessly. The magic device brings life, color and body in music playback in a way we really quoie haven’t heard before, not even in combination with amplifiers that stand higher up on the store shelves. They provide a fairly flat impedance curve at a relatively mediocre efficiency (87 dB/W/m, as specified by the manufacturer) and while they always perform nicely with any amp, they do appreciate a partner that stands tall when it comes to power supply.īetween unboxing and “power on”, it’s love at first sight.

The speaker terminals are hooked up with a pair of Dali Ikon 5 Mk2 speakers. A Marantz DV-6200 DVD player’s audio channel is easily connected to the D 3020 through the coaxial digital output (and thus acts solely as a drive mechanism). Because the device is light enough to carry around, we first take it to an environment in which it should be able to stand tall.