LAiV Harmony Review: Luxurious Experience and Soundstage
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- LAiV Harmony is a DAC that definitely can do somethings different and is definitely worth a listen. The design and experience is also top Notch!
Thanks to LAiV for providing this loaner copier for review. Check back with me in a month if I do actually buy it or not hahah.
Previous First Impression Video: • Laiv Harmony Dac: Unbo...
Head-Fi Review:
Written Review
zpreviews.com/2024/05/26/laiv...
Do read my Head-Fi Review as it has some additional details not found in the video
www.head-fi.org/showcase/laiv...
00:00 Introduction
00:36 A look at some functionality
01:37 One really nice controller
02:00 Physical Aspect of Harmony
05:15 Size of the Harmony
06:28 Some notes
07:24 Equipment Used
10:34 Sound Impression
19:06 Compared with out Device
24:38 Final Thoughts
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Video Shot with
Canon C200
Canon CN-E 18-80mm
Sennheiser MKH 8060 - Наука та технологія
Great, thorough review. Really appreciate your style. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Great review 🎼
Best review of this product! Wish you reviewed it with speakers, but that’s not your format. Great job!
I have speakers but my environment will probably not do it justice
Thanks for your very honest review. Liked it a lot. And I will agree that the differences between dacs are being exaggerated, but it is really in the nit picking territory as per my recent Dac tests. The things that are fairly obvious are sound stage size, image focus and rythm / timing. but otherwise I felt it was really close, even on an revealing system. The above said, I tried purchasing the Laiv, but missed the first lot by a whisker, So Iam waiting for the second production batch to become available. The things that appealed to me are the sound stage size , and the I2S input with external clock sync option, which is the main factor for me. I have a top of the line Esoteric CD / SACD player and wanted to add an external dac for that R2R presentation at times. My plan is to add an Esoteric G-05 clock to sync the transport to a DDC like the AudioGD DI20HE, and then feed the digital signal to the Laiv via I2S with external clock sync. I believe clock sync is very important for CD playback, when using an external DAC. And the design, size and build of the Laiv are just the icing on the cake. I would'nt mind having the Laiv in silver next to my Esoteric. Cant say that about a lot of the other competition :)
Yeah the differences are really small. I’m using like ultra sensitive iems and it’s really small differences. Then again we are aiming for the last 1% isn’t it haha
But yeah the design of the dac is really nice and to me will be rather timeless. I prefer the black since the black screen and black casing is really nice, like the words pop out of the casing haha
This or the Pontus 2 15th are on my list, have you heard any of the denefrips dacs?
Sadly no. Can’t give you feedback on it
How does this compare to the TEAC UD 701-N?
I cannot speak with absolute certainty as I have not heard the teac before, but the characteristics of the Harmony I stated in the video will likely be true as the other devices I compared to, many are delta sigma, the outcome is quite consistent.
Slow down - you talk to fast
Indeed, a little to fast 🏎
You can slowdown playback speed easily
Yup