MHDT Lab Pagoda: A review . . . - Head-Fi. org The Pagoda on the other hand comes dressed in a similarly sexy outfit, but with a microscope The Pagoda will ask more of you as a listener while the Stockholm 2 begs more so that you sit back and enjoy the music The Stockholm is a more “liquid” sounding DAC, a more “saturated” rendering, if that makes any sense
MHDT Labs: R-2R NOS Tube DACs - Head-Fi. org Has anyone listened to the Oolong? Seems to be the big brother of the Pagoda SE- I messaged MHDT and was told it’s more balanced and detailed (vs Pagoda)
MHDT Labs: R-2R NOS Tube DACs - Head-Fi. org Other MHDT Threads MHDT Labs Havana: Thread for the discussion of the current entry-level PCM56P-J variant MHDT Labs Pagoda: Thread for discussion of the PCM1704 variant MHDT Labs Stockholm: Thread for discussion of the PCM56P-J variant MHDT Labs Stockholm v2 Tour: A tour graciously initiated by @Soundsgoodtome, the godfather of MHDT on Head-Fi! MHDT Labs Stockholm v2 Review by @s1rrah, co
MHDT Labs: R-2R NOS Tube DACs - Head-Fi. org I have a Pagoda SE, and tried 3 tubes you mentioned: Stock 5670, Bendix 2c51, and Tesla 6cc42 Results are just as you described: 5670 is OK (sometimes I feel it's no better than MBP onboard DAC), Bendix is better but too bright lack detail, while Tesla works the best with Pagoda (much more detail lifelike vocal strings, love it)
best DAC under $1500? - Head-Fi. org If you like your Pagoda, and if you haven't noticed and bothered about its laid-back and slightly unresolving sound, I would recommend another NOS DAC, like Audio-gd DAC-19, Metrum Octave, or another MHDT device
REVIEW: MHDT Labs - Orchid - An Awesome Analogue Sounding DAC Prices range from $699 for the entry level Canary through to the $1320 Pagoda with a balanced version of the Pagoda hitting a not so insignificant $1680 I spoke to Jiun, the head designer at MHDT and he felt the new Orchid DAC would be a good call for me for what I wanted, utilising the legendary Philips TDA1541 16-bit chip output, but
New Beyerdynamic T1 (2nd Generation) - Head-Fi. org Sources: NAD-M55 digital disc player, MHDT Pagoda, Schiit Bifrost 2, Cayin IDac-6, MHDT Steeplechase, Topping D50s with opamp mods, Sansui TU-519 tuner, SOTA Sapphire Turntable with Jelco 750D tonearm with Shuggie collar, carbon fiber copper platter mat, copper center weight, copper stainless outer periphery ring, Jolida JD-9 phono pre with
Go for a Bolder Flavor, FIIO R2R DAC - Head-Fi. org 3: Tube rolling may not change anything as this is new territory for an R2R DAC using tubes for the buffer output stage this may be new territority for FiiO, but MHDT Laboratory has been, for quite some time, offering R2R DACs with tube buffer stages (e g Istanbul, Orchid, Pagoda)