There was some booming in the bass, but the really nice highs and openness, as well as the large and engaging soundstage on a 24/96 version of Jennifer Warnes' "Nightingale" convinced me that Daedalus Audio, ModWright Instruments, and WyWires cabling are doing something very right. Reinforcement came from a very nice and smooth, albeit less than brilliantly illumined Red Book track by Chris Jones.
Electronics were all from ModWright: the 'Truth' tube-modified Oppo BDP-105D ($2500 for the mod only) or similarly modified 'Truth' Sony HAP-Z1ES ($2995 for the mod); prototype 24/192 Elyse Tube DAC (price TBD), which is due this summer; LS 36.5 DM two-box balanced tube preamp ($7900); and KWA 150 Signature Edition amplifier ($8495). Speakers were Daedalus Audio's Argos version.2 ($12,950). WyWires cabling and a prototype Daedalus custom rack (price TBD) completed the chain.
