Rockna Wavelight Impressions/Review - Super Best Audio Friends
2020年10月15日 · The Wavelight even has that slight bit of emphasis in the mid-highs like the Yggdrasil A2. However the Wavelight is just a more muted in the top octave than the Yggdrasil A2 and Wavedream. The Wavelight maintains a the same transient performance of the Wavedream, something that I've heard only on one other DAC, the Dangerous Music Convert 2.
Rockna Wavelight - Holo Audio Spring2 KTE listening evaluation
2021年5月13日 · 2) Spring2 KTE upright bass presents with greater richness. 3) Wavelight has enhanced clarity in the 100 to 300 Hz range on dense passages. 4) 300 to 3000 Hz the DACs sound fairly even in presentation. 5) Above 3 KHz Wavelight presentation is brighter. 6) Saxes and brass have more bite on Wavelight.
Rockna Wavelight Impressions/Review - Super Best Audio Friends
2020年10月15日 · UPDATED. Comparing the Rockna Wavelight to the Metrum Adagio, which is the Metrum Pavane with built-in volume control. For those interested in my comparison of Adagio to other TOTL DACs, look here. System: Allo DigiOne transport -> DAC under test -> Pass Labs XA25 -> B&W 801 series 3.
Rockna Wavelight DAC - Thoughts/Experiences - Super Best Audio …
2020年1月30日 · The Wavelight is eerily black, the sound comes from nowhere. It's the biggest nag both Yggys had (A2 the bigger offender to me than A1). The blackness provides a platform for great dynamics. The Walnut does both micro and macro dynamics brilliantly and the Wavelight is early on just as good.
Rockna Wavelight Impressions/Review - Super Best Audio Friends
2020年10月15日 · Location: NYC. From Nicolae about the new Wavelight firmware: “We did not changed specifically sound related blocks. But, FPGA physical implementation of the code is a complex thing and eventually may cause subtle sound changes. We will release anyway 1.11 in a couple of weeks which will enable hybrid volume control.
Rockna Wavelight DAC - Thoughts/Experiences - Super Best Audio …
2017年11月1日 · The Wavelight comes in at $4750USD MSRP, so its certainly not an inexpensive DAC, but compared to Rockna’s top of the line offering, the WaveDream, it is certainly more affordable. I’ve been interested in Rockna Audio since I found out about them back in 2014, but the cost of the WaveDream kept me off the playing field.
Rockna Wavelight Impressions/Review - Super Best Audio Friends
2020年10月15日 · My review on the Wavelight is based on version 1.07, and while I found it excellent per my tastes (I think I like thick R2R timbre), "incisive" is not a word I would use to describe the Wavelight; in my listening I found it less incisive than the Yggdrasil GS. I will link this to Nicolae and let him know.
Rockna Wavelight - Holo Audio Spring2 KTE listening evaluation
2021年5月13日 · At 88 KHz to AES input and NOS filters the Wavelight has a much faster step response rise time with a short ring which is not usual for a NOS filter. Red trace Wavelight - Blue trace KTE Spring 2. Wavelight NOS filter extends a bit higher than KTE Spring 2 for 88KHz to AES input and NOS filter. Yellow trace Wavelight - Blue trace KTE Spring 2.
Rockna Wavelight DAC - Thoughts/Experiences - Super Best Audio …
2020年6月1日 · The smoothness, effortlessness, and liquidity as a special characteristic was apparent. It made me curious about how the DAC would sound with the Rockna transport. Micro-impressions from fast switching: Everything that seemed refined compared to the BF2 faded away and now seemed identical.
Rockna Wavelight DAC Measurements | Super Best Audio Friends
2020年11月4日 · Synopsis: Measurements of steady state signals indicate of a certain type of R2R design. Low level signals are impressive. The steady state measurement results at higher output levels are not earth shattering, but they confirm nothing is wrong, and are more than good enough to not have any bearing on subjective sound quality. Rockna Wavelight DAC.