Mhdt Labs Pagoda Review (R2R Tube DAC)

[garbulky]

@amirm tell me you are gonna do a listening test? We finally have harmonics that could be audible! What do you think of it?

 

[Nango]

And the owner who sent in did not comment on the sound quality for 1,500$ he spent?
Finally one which is worser than the french TotalDac.

 

[gvl]

Finally a DAC that you can pair with Pass ACA and not lose any performance.

 

[m8o]

I see Pass Camp made a DAC.

 

[Rottmannash]

Please, whomever voted "great" golfing panther please admit it publicly. We need to know your identity.

 

[gvl]

Please, whomever voted "great" golfing panther please admit it publicly. We need to know your identity.

It was Mr. MHDT himself.

 

[JSmith]

We need to know your identity.

Maybe even an outright doxxing...



JSmith

 

[Walter]

@amirm, I think it is unanimous. You have to do a listening test, no matter how painful that may be!

 

[Zensō]

Combination of relative noise and distortion is so high that it lands the Pagoda DAC at the bottom of our ranking of nearly 400 DACs tested:
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Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

 

[Rottmannash]

I have to agree-if ever a DAC begged a listening test this is it. Make sure you use some "protective" interconnects between it and your ML amps so they don't get "infected" by their proximity.

 

[ThatM1key]

I think the Philips dac 960 would beat this

 

[Mnyb]

I just visited their web-site. They are:

- non over-sampling
- no digital filter
- no op-amp
- no feed back

It would be interesting if Amir could provide a listening test.

And =no sound quality

 

[amirm]

@amirm, I think it is unanimous. You have to do a listening test, no matter how painful that may be!

I am not feeling well you all.... So please take it easy as far asking for other stuff for me to do....

 

[JSmith]

I am not feeling well

Sorry to hear that mate, I hope you're on the mend soon.


JSmith

 

[Mnyb]

If you use audiophile logic they finally made a digital product better than vinyl

MHDT Labs ? Who’s laboratory dr Frankenstein ? It’s a warning sign when a munufacturer use “labs” .

IMO this is not intentionally bad this is what you get when audiophile folklore have been passed trough several generations of designers with no reality checks

 

[AluminiumEar]

How about a sound demo for us?

 

[arcy]

I bet @amirm listened to it and he's scratching his head hey it doesn't sound that bad! Maybe I'm doing it all for nothing - screw measurements!

 

[Rottmannash]

I am not feeling well you all.... So please take it easy as far asking for other stuff for me to do....

Hope you're not getting the flu. Take care of yourself. Sleep. You deserve it.

 

[NoteMakoti]

Reading the charts like:

 

[Walter]

I am not feeling well you all.... So please take it easy as far asking for other stuff for me to do....

I hope you know that while we'd seriously like to know your impressions, the request is meant light heartedly--or at least, mine is. Hope you can get some rest and feel better soon. This thread and the PA5 should keep us entertained for awhile.