אחד הפרסים הנחשבים בתעשיה 2020
Golden Ear Awards הוענק ל- לנגן רשת (סטרימר)
Bartòk dCS במגזין היוקרתי
The Absolute Soundלינק לזכיהdCS Bartók DAC
Is it digital or is it analog? You tell me. The beauty of Bartók is that it blurs these format distinctions beyond any media player I’ve ever used and thus does the unthinkable; it fully engages me in the musical journey, urging me to listen, and listen, and listen. It establishes a visceral and addictive response to music of such immediacy that it is like witnessing a recording at the microphone—from the opening transient to the last gasp of acoustic decay. Its sensitivity to dynamic shifts, micro to macro, is without peer in my experience. Tonally Bartók cut a neutral path, swinging neither cool nor hot on the sonic spectrum. Treble response is flush with air and extension, and low frequencies are pitch perfect and tactile. But outweighing any single benchmark or analysis, Bartók celebrates music with a profusion of harmonic body and dynamic urgency that calls to mind the finest in LP playback, without vinyl’s endearing quirks and idiosyncrasies. Back to my original question—digital or analog? The short answer is that when I become happily lost in my favorite music, it just no longer seems to matter. That’s what makes Bartók golden for me.
