E197: The Ideon Absolute Epsilon Meta (2024) DAC
0:00 Intro
0:18 Today's Topic: Ideon Absolute Epsilon Meta 2024 DAC
1:07 The original
1:27 Stella makes a walk on
1:38 Make the old, new
1:51 Why I was able to do the upgrade myself
2:59 The parts arrive
3:26 Swapping the transformers
4:11 Swapping the digital software board
4:45 Swapping the analog output board
5:05 Setting the analog board’s DC Offset
5:40 Revisiting the “Four Pillars” of Ideon
6:05 The first listen
6:16 The transformation – what I was hearing now
8:35 Specific track comparisons
10:17 Pricing – new and updates
10:52 Value – this new performance comes as a bargain
11:32 True performance versus just a name change
12:06 A serious step up
12:22 Martini Time
12:46 Outro-Subscriptions
Today I’ll take you on a guided tour of what you may expect from the upgraded Ideon Absolute Epsilon DAC, the Meta 2024 edition. And the results were beyond anything I’d had any reason to expect. Check it out…
LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH TODAY’S EPISODE
Ideon Absolute DAC ε meta edition (2024) website:
https://ideonaudio.com/absolute-dac/
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