The Australian audiophile Youtube reviewer Shane Stephenson checked out the MU2 and got seriously enthusiastic about the MU2’s DAC and preamp qualities. In his video he compares the MU2 to his favorite DAC and concludes that the MU2 has an extremely high value for money.
“This is a new reference for a one box solution that plays right up there with the big boys.
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I’ve heard preamplifiers that cost as much as this whole unit that would be embarrassed.
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There is a sense of a person really sounding like a person; there is a sense of a double bass really sounding like a double bass should sound; there’s a sense of a drum kit sounding like it should sound.
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That sense of aliveness and the fact that there is lovely focus without fatigue on the leading edges of notes with the MU2. It has this unreal intoxicating pace and rhythm about it that brings out the best of everything you play on it.
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There is nothing on the planet that I am aware of that comes close to this as far as its quality of build, its functionality, its sound profile, of what you can plug into it, what you can stream from it and what you can store in it as digital files. There is nothing else on the planet that I have come across yet that does a better job than this thing does. The Grimm Audio MU2 is an absolute winner.”
“There is nothing else on the planet that I have come across yet that does a better job than this thing does.” Shane Stephenson, An Aussie Audiophile, Australia.
