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I finally tried the Avocet. I really prefer the sound of my Lavry connected to the amp. And I do not like sound of the lavry going through the Avocet. I was hoping that the dac in the avocet would have an advantage since it is built in, but not to me.
The avocet puts a slight veil on the sound when the lavry is played through it. It is not dissimilar to the sound of my lavry when I ran it into my trident 65 console 2-track returns.
The dac in the avocet has a 1.5kish presence and a greater loss of focus above 5k (ish). My favorite mixes from top pros sounded a little disjointed due to changes in presence from 1.5k and below. There was a slight lack of stability below 100hz. The low frequency extension was excellent though. I probably just like the low end in the lavry and it is my preference.
Although I pre-wired for the Avocet, and I really needed it to work for me, I am sending it back. And although I'll bet I could work just fine with it, I prefer the lavry. So I am going to use 3 dacs for each of my speaker systems. I guess I'll look for a digital AES switcher.
I'll bet most people would be just fine with the Avocet. These are my thoughts and opinions.....
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