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Special Offer available for Aurix and Octave II when ordered as a package. This auction Octave only.

Octave II is Metrum’s entry level Non-Resampling Dac. Using the same design as the Original, now incorporating a Hex Toroid transformer and electronics + USB standard.

The Dac that the Octaves come exceedingly close to, according to two Reviewers, is MSB Platinum IV Signature PSU £14,000. Of the single box CD players reviewed by Hi Fi Critic over the last 7 years, none come even close to Octave, in terms of sound quality.

Witchdoctor :

Mr. Baker auditions a DAC that really smokes (metaphorically speaking), and will have any music lover, hi-fi-inclined or otherwise, falling in love with their favourite tracks all over again.

“Metrum Acoustics’ Octave Mk II is a definite notch above its similarly priced competition and a very real threat to those in the higher price thresholds. Not quite as good as the Hex but a damn good substitute, anyhow. This is a nice, tidy and simple looking unit but its looks are deceiving for the sound quality is complex and engaging and an absolute joy to behold.

The big, rich and natural, non-clinical sound combined with excellent timing and rhythmic proficiency is likely to draw the usual comparisons with high quality analogue equipment and possibly even valve gear”.

Hi Fi Critic SQR Information : Audio Notes Level 5 NOS Dac is state of the art - 400, MSB Platinum – 200, DcS Scarlatti when fully clocked – 200, Hex – 195 balanced, Octave – 185, MSB Analog – 180, Krell Connect – 160, DcS Puccini U Clock – 150, Meridian 808i.2 Ref Sig – 125, Naim CD555 – 89 and AMR 777 – 47.

Dac progress within the last 4 years is such, that a few special inexpensive models around $3-400, will outclass (by some margin), Dacs and the Dacs within a CD Player, from the 80’s/90’s/20's - todate.

Metrum’s Dacs rival the best in the world – no matter the price.

Critical Sound Information : NZ Agent for Metrum Acoustics - Consumer Products. In Trade