Anyone here owns D4 series?
I own the 803 D3. A dealer locally had the 803 D4 on display. So I went to listen.
I was not really impressed, I felt my D3 sounds better. Having said this, the dealer had them connected to (obviously) different gear than me, to McIntosh gear, including MC462 stereo amp, and Mac tubes preamp. My guess is with built in DAC. They were also streaming via a Sonos Connect. These kind of auditions are a crapshoot. Unless with my own gear (or similar), and preferably in my room, not much you can learn
I own the 803 D3. A dealer locally had the 803 D4 on display. So I went to listen.
I was not really impressed, I felt my D3 sounds better. Having said this, the dealer had them connected to (obviously) different gear than me, to McIntosh gear, including MC462 stereo amp, and Mac tubes preamp. My guess is with built in DAC. They were also streaming via a Sonos Connect. These kind of auditions are a crapshoot. Unless with my own gear (or similar), and preferably in my room, not much you can learn