Mhdt Labs Pagoda Review (R2R Tube DAC)

[antcollinet]

I have the Havana MHDT and Eversolo Z8. I like the both !

(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸ A stone in the pond ... Splash !!! ¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯) ------ Read here : On the top of 377

It doesn't matter how many times you throw your stone in the pond, the answer is going to be the same.

We can measure everything that can be heard.

Not everything that can be measured can be heard.

If you are hearing stuff that cannot be measured it is not in the audio signal, it is not in your ears, it is in the wetware between them.


Hope that helps.

(splash)

 

[oscar_dziki]

This article is so offensive! i have a mhdt Havana and Stockholm I need to dump on the used market! This might hurt prices! Great review as always

Havana syndrome, or Stockholm syndrome?

 

[olds1959special]

This is very interesting thread for me to discover. I have been listening to a MHDT Lab Havana for a few years now, almost daily. But I also recently starting using the SMSL SU-1 instead. I think they sound different. The Havana definitely has a wide holographic tube sound, but it's also a bit fuzzy sounding compared to the SU-1 which just sounds lean and clean. I prefer using a copper cable with the SU-1 to warm things up a little but solid silver is good with the Havana. The Havana is very limited in it's resolution and is starting to sound worse to more I compare it the SU-1. But I still like it because it has a tube which does alter the sound a bit and can be helpful for taming a bright system, kind of like using a tube pre-amp. So right now I'm using it with my class D amp which sounds kind of bright.