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ap1

Feedback from users

The following is feedback from real users.  Thanks for sharing your impressions!

  • "The sound is...simply the best. The clarity, transparency, three dimensional sound image, etc...What a terrific DDC! The highs is so detailed, but without any harshness. Though I love my main transport, which is the DCS Verdi hooked up to the Elgar Plus, I can easily put Mac-mini and AP1 into the system right now." - Yoshi Nagai, Japan
  • "Just wanted to let you know I am thrilled with the Audiophillleo2 beats the pants off of the Weiss INT 202" - Charles Russel, Mesquite, Texas USA
  • "Using your short USB cable and direct-connecting to my dac and using Reference Recordings HRX files – I have never heard anything like this!" - Karl Youtsey, IL USA
  • "As a vinyl fan perhaps one of the most interesting discoveries was when i first played a Joni Mitchell 16/44 CD v. a 180gm 'super-pressing' (via Dynavector front-end on a Funk Vector turntable). Apart from the inevitable clicks & pops to my amazement the two systems sounded virtually identical. I have since repeated this trick with various other albums and have never previously managed to make vinyl and digital converge in this way. To my thinking this seems like a decent state of affairs really and the AP2 has played a great part ... So, many thanks for a great product and musical re-invigouration - I wish you many more contented customers." - Nigel Doe, UK
  • "I was using the ap1 with PM 1.74 for a good week and I can truly say that the difference it made in my system was huge. Firstly it leaves the HiFace in the dust...the ap1 brings a much higher level of clarity and a deeper soundstage... Secondly I can now take my preamp, S/PDiF and some balanced cables which allowed me to greatly simplify the system and have less devices in the audio chain (always a great thing). I feel that the internal pre in the ap1 in promode is more articulate than the pre I had in my system, which is a very nice pre-many accolades from audio users, but the ap1 (to my ears) beats it." - Tom Sutliff, Andover, MA USA
  • "After a 50 hours grinding, the interface now sounds like a charm ... I really enjoy your product, I took a risk by ordering one by only reading the comments on the net, I am a lucky man and you are a really good engineer :)" - Christophe Coquet, France.
  • "The difference between Audiophilleo and my usb m2tech hiFace is remarkably dramatic. Very clean clear sound, high medium and low frequencies much more defined ... My most sincere congratulations for the excellent product" - Antonio Pasquariello, Italy
  • "Reputation of my favorite Dac, Chord Dac64, mostly came from its comfortable sounds obtained through its RAM buffer. But, when feeding S/PDIF signals from AP2, I found the sound with no RAM buffer is more excellent. Clear and sculptured... Simply stated, S/PDIF output of AP2 surpasses that of an expensive CD transport that costs about $ 5K." - Ryutaro Murakami, Japan
  • "I am very pleased with the AP2 as it has taken the last bit of harshness out of my system without having to use a tubes. ;)" - Duncan Cox, New Zealand
  • "Philip, As you know, my vocabulary in English is quite limited. So, I won't try to describe my emotions as I listen to my system with your product. But in a word: you're a genius. Many thanks for such a wonderful product." - Guy Gendron, Quebec Canada
  • "Received my Model 1 today, and it is outstanding. Very well engineered little device. From the packaging to the plug & play, first class. And the sound is wonderful." - Greg Hammond, CA USA
  • "I want to let you know how much I’m enjoying the Audiophilleo 2. I am using it with an Eastern Electric Minimax DAC, which sounds wonderful but requires a high-quality digital stream. My old digital sources (Denon DVD 3800 used as a CD transport; Dell laptop connected directly to the DAC’s USB input) had unacceptable levels of coloration and distortion. The Audiophilleo cleared up those problems when connected between my laptop and DAC. Overall, the sound is much more delicate and subtle. The garish tinge and fuzzy imaging are now gone, revealing all sorts of inner detail that I didn’t realize were present in 16/44 recordings. The three-dimensional rendering of instruments and vocals is truly mesmerizing. Played through the Audiophilleo, the CD drive in my laptop absolutely kills my old CD transport. Regular redbook CDs sound like SACDs. Of course, high resolution files (24/96+) played from the hard disk sound even better. Thank you for making a high-performance product at a reasonable price. Compared to other options in this price range, the Audiophilleo is a screaming deal!" - Stan Goto, WA USA
  • "Your unit makes a clearly audible difference in several quite different setups I have tried. A part from the much improved definition and what I believe is better micro-dynamics, in several instances it transforms the broad impression to something close to analogue. Impressive." - Morten M. Holst, Sweden
  • "Hi Philip, I must tell you that this product is one of best I ever had in my audiophile system!! The sound is like X100 better than other setups I tried. it gives you the quality of an $$$ head unit. I can even hear the quality when connect the device to regular amp&speakers. in one word - AMAZING!!! thank you very much" - Leon Meguira, Israel
  • "So far I am extremely happy with the unit, finally my external DAC setup sound better in all areas than my previous CD-player...a clock modded Pioneer player with ultra lower jitter.   It is way better than the built in USB input on my Lavry DA11, however I do hear a difference with a different usb cable (Locus Design Nucleus) but only subtle. Before the Locus Design Nucleus cable made a huge difference." - Torje Coldevin, Norway
  • "My impressions are very favorable compared to the M2Tech Hiface I had previously." - Francois Du Plessis, South Africa
  • "After a short but serious listen, I must say that I'm more than satisfaction with it. The sound is solid, well defined yet rhythmical and musical. I cannot express much but it's really the best digital source I've ever heard indeed." - Zheng Qiang, NY USA
  • "In one word, no actually in three words, detail, detail, detail… The Audiophilleo has allowed the music to come through my system as if untouched. The level of detail I have been hearing with the Audiophilleo has me looking for better recordings and not better components." - Roger Wong, NJ USA
  • "I've gone through the steps you've suggested, and now my A1 is working. WOW!!!.............the sound is incredible." - Sid Davis, Lincoln, Nebraska USA
  • "I have got Augio-gd Digital Interface (USB to SPDIF) and while it sounds not bad ap1 absolutely kills it in terms of practicality and portability still having a better SQ." - Igor Zenkov, Chandler, Arizona USA
  • “It has single handedly solved the problem I was having of not quite being able to feel fully immersed in my music besides my fairly nice headphone setup (around $2k now).” - David Foster, Chandler, Arizona, USA
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