6Moons Says..."Superlative" and "Purity" -- Bakoon DAC-21 - Japanese DSD DAC w/ Battery Power! -- (45-day Trial and Free Shipping at JaguarAudioDesign.com)

JaguarAudioDesign.com is an authorized retailer for all Bakoon products in North America.  The Bakoon DAC-21 has been in development for more than 5 years, by the Japanese circuit design perfectionists at Bakoon (with impeccable manufacture quality from South Korea).  It's finally here and it's awesome!

Bakoon's house sound was described by 6Moons as "listening inside a space capsule."  The noise floor is one of the lowest we've ever encountered, which brings forward nuance and detail at a level you've never encountered before.  Picture music in your mind and imagine it in a fully 3-dimensional form.

Battery power yields 12-20hrs of playback on a single charge (the unit recharges when it's off).  No need to spend as much as $1,500-2,000k for an audiophile power cable with the DAC-21.  This is one of the most exciting products we've offered in the past two years and fully expect it to garner numerous awards for amazing performance.

Note:
The DAC-21 includes a 45-day trial period.  If it doesn't absolutely blow you away, send it back for a full a full refund (minus shipping and insurance costs). Jaguar trial periods do not apply to discounted, used/demo products.  Visit the product page in the Jaguar Online Store, where you can checkout and we have units ready for immediate USPS Priority shipping.

http://store.jaguaraudiodesign.com/bakoon-dac-21-digital-converter/

Here's what 6Moons says about the Bakoon DAC-21 in their review:

http://6moons.com/audioreviews2/bakoon4/1.html

 

 “We're not yet at the end but already a line is due to Bakoon's finish. It's superlative.”

 

“No
matter the photography, its quality won't telegraph. It must suffice to
write that the DAC-21 is put together with extraordinary metal work
precision.”

 

“What
does elegance sound like? Likely due to its battery supply which
renders the circuitry 100% isolated from the power grid and as such,
immune from its variable noise caused by fluctuating loading, the DAC-21
has sounds appear out of silence without any metallic grit or sharpness
on the leading edge. Instead of 'zipping' into existence, sounds simply
bloom, then vanish with seemingly endless fades for fabulous
elasticity.”

 

“...music
stood not on its front but back foot; not on the attack but decay; not a
stance of male aggression but relaxed female calm. Not forward but laid
back. As a result, music seemed to take up more time. It lingered,
leisurely. If it were a brook, it'd meander lazily, not rush madly
forward. Time felt just a bit suspended. The attentive listener can't
fail to notice and settle into the same state…If you need one more word
to take away, it's purity.”

 

“This
unusual duality of soft and hard, of mellowness and brightness,
factored in all of my earlier Bakoon encounters. To me it's the Satri
circuit's business card. It's what distinguishes it from the harder
Swiss school of ultra-wide bandwidth DC coupled circuits. With their
ultra resolution, it manages a more organic feel. That's the special
sauce.”

 

“Those
who love guitar, piano or any other instrument will have their own
maestros with whom such call-it-by-timbre games are secret fun. Hearing
such extreme resolution from wide bandwidth and completely absentee
noise without even a hint of sharpness... that was an unusual
constellation of attributes.”

 

“...it
securely held its own against costlier in-house references from Aqua
Hifi and Fore Audio. I had no indications of sonic setbacks, just a
different climate. That moved different facets into the foreground,
others into the back. What came to the fore was lucidness as that
lit-up-all-over acuity. It had glass-like purity and steep rises with
fiery upper-harmonic brilliance. What in that crystalline clarity turned
away were warmth, moodiness and weightiness.”

 

“...emphasis
was resolutely and resolvedly on utmost intelligibility. This meant a
total reveal of the soundstage as though white overhead lights had
banished all shadows. A certain moodiness which we associate with candle
light because of its rich penumbra and limited exposure had lifted. The
type heaviness which results from a tighter musical weave—without the
virtual crochet gaps that let in air and space between sounds—was
likewise gone. This wasn't a tonal balance effect. Bass had fabulous
pitch definition without any softening or lessened reach. This lightness
was simply the other side of luminosity. It could be played at
seriously faint levels due to its extreme visibility.”

 

“Punters
surveying the $20,000 leagues under the sea would do well then not to
overlook the $3'500 battery-powered DAC-21 in this context. You could
spend four times as much on a converter, use conventional voltage mode
over very fancy cabling and not get ahead."

 

 A quote, from the owner of Bakoon Products:

“I’m
quite picky. Some of our quality control criteria are more than twice
as stringent as their second most demanding customer, another popular
big name. Thanks to these processes, we achieve finish quality far
surpassing those of conventional hifi manufacturers. This is something
we're very proud of.”

Specification

InputUSB, CoaxialDigital FormatsPCM 32-Bit/384 kHz, DSD256Oscillators3 Ultra-Low Phase Noise OscillatorsOutput1 SATRI-LINK (BNC), 1 Voltage (RCA)Output Level2 V (RCA), 2 mA (BNC)Battery Type3 Separate Li-ion BatteriesBattery Power Supply            5 Separate Circuits for Audio & 2 Separate Circuits for ControlBattery Operate TimeUp to 12 hoursDimensions195 mm (W) x 237.5 mm (D) x 55 mm (H)Shipping Weight 4.5 kg

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