08-03-2018, 12:11 PM
Honestly, the only reason I haven’t pulled the trigger already is waiting for the isolator and case! Especially having experienced the amazing sonic upgrade going to DigiOne in my Hi-Fi system. I’m betting on the Katana to be worth trying in a system like the one I’m using “sight unseen”.
Not running a compact or bookshelf system here, this is my primary rig that has evolved since late 20th century (ok, the ‘90s!). It’s not the best by far, but it is good and quite revealing of upstream. You can hear the change of interconnect cable or tubes, and burn in is not some weird concept here; I can actually hear it and do understand the signal chain. The only concern I would have is if Katana is “analog” sounding enough and not “edgy” in the audible chain. That’s the catch 22 for chasing better sound for so long. I’ve tried to keep my rig where the components and sound are as versatile as possible. I listen to many types of music, and as we all know, recording source can be better and worse. Ripping everything uncompressed to Flac, running through DigiOne from SSD to a tube DAC (some would call dinosaur), and into tube amps out through big horn klipsch speakers has stepped up my digital rig. It has a long way to go to beat out the vinyl setup here, but digital is finally a worthwhile medium these days.
Everyone’s upgrade path varies for sure. I appreciate the work that Tim does and Allo too.
Not running a compact or bookshelf system here, this is my primary rig that has evolved since late 20th century (ok, the ‘90s!). It’s not the best by far, but it is good and quite revealing of upstream. You can hear the change of interconnect cable or tubes, and burn in is not some weird concept here; I can actually hear it and do understand the signal chain. The only concern I would have is if Katana is “analog” sounding enough and not “edgy” in the audible chain. That’s the catch 22 for chasing better sound for so long. I’ve tried to keep my rig where the components and sound are as versatile as possible. I listen to many types of music, and as we all know, recording source can be better and worse. Ripping everything uncompressed to Flac, running through DigiOne from SSD to a tube DAC (some would call dinosaur), and into tube amps out through big horn klipsch speakers has stepped up my digital rig. It has a long way to go to beat out the vinyl setup here, but digital is finally a worthwhile medium these days.
Everyone’s upgrade path varies for sure. I appreciate the work that Tim does and Allo too.
