Aqua La Scala MkII Optologic DAC - HiFi+ Review
Jason Kennedy has recently reviewed Aqua Acoustic's DAC, the The Aqua La Scala Mk II, for HiFi+.
Aqua Acoustics pride themselves in manufacturing the best audio components at reasonable prices. Their DACs are no strangers to awards, with multiple "Knock Out Awards" from Digital Audio Review and a "Blue Moon Award" from 6moons.com already attached to their DAC Series.
"Aqua’s La Scala is very nearly as relaxed as the CAD 1543 MkII, another non oversampling DAC, but based on vintage multibit chips that is slightly more revealing and better in timing terms".
"It is also usefully quiet; with the more cerebral tones of Haydn it is possible to hear oodles of texture in the harmonics of original instruments while being inspired by the drama of the music".
Not only did the DAC produce an incredible sound it also managed to create a 3D landscape of the music.
"The Aqua has the power to get to the parts that other digital converters fail to reach".
Kennedy rounded off the review by saying:
"...this is a very natural sounding converter with excellent transparency and a musical fluency that makes you want to close your eyes and escape into the music. It has just enough features to make it user friendly but doesn’t draw attention to itself. In fact that is its key skill; it gets out of the way to let the music through. If you give it a decent source I guarantee an experience that will be hard to switch off".
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