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the "concept"
our new No-OS dac

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see what some of our happy customers say....

Review - TNT-Audio (9/2006)

"The Dice in contrast sounded a little lightweight, but behind this was a great feeling of speed and agility, and most importantly a sense of drive in the music."

Geoff Husband - TNT France

complete review.

Italian version Here.

Review - AVReview.co.uk (12/2006)

"It outperformed the less expensive alternatives pretty much every time with a gripping, high resolution result that made listening a joy."

Jason Kennedy

complete review.

Review - Headphones Rock (7/2007)

"The design of the Dice strikes a great balance between visually involving yet conservative. As soon as connected the Dice to my headphone amp and put on the headphones it was clear that this DAC was more than just an attractive shelf decoration."

Benjamin Donnaloia

complete review

Feedback from our happy customers

Hello,

The Concept has arrived.
I use it with optical cabel on my Digitall World Satelite receiver and with a Van den Hul audiocabel for digital out from my Marantz SACD 17 player. I have a Marantz PM 17 amplifier and Tannoy S6 standing speakers connected with Van den Hul Clearwater to Tannoy ST50 Supertweeters.
It is cabled with Van Den Hul Wing to the amplifier.

The sound is total different now !
More detail: especially small instruments and little background sounds , dynamic, but also quiet and easy, human voices and instruments are real. Deep low natural bass and clear high. Singers and orchestra are in my room now!
I'm very satisfied.
Later I will write a review on the forum, when the Concept is played in.

Greetings,
H. Rensink (The Netherlands)

Hi Albert,

Just a quick note to thank you for the quick delivery of my moodlab
Dice, Approximately 4 or 5 days from you to me.

I have had the Dice in my System for just over a week now, replacing my
previous Scott Nixon TubeDac. I bought the Dice mainly, because I wanted
more flexibility with inputs (TubeDac has Coax Digital only). I now have
my Denon DVD220 hooked up for CD playback (via Coax), My Digital Video
Recorder (Via Optical) for TV sound and my notebook hooked up for
playback of downloaded files and streamed audio.

Although I was never displeased with the TubeDac when I used it,
replacing it with the Dice has provided much greater detail to the sound
I get from my CDs. With the Dice, the sound seems to project further
into the room and does not seem to be coming from a pair of speaker
boxes, i.e. it seems to exist in its own space. Bass also seems to be
much tighter than the TubeDac, making it easier to follow bass rhythms.

Cosmetically, it is a very attractive unit, with the semi-transparent
front panel and the LEDs shining through (Though my wife believes they
are bit brighter than they need to be...). My only issue with the
operation of the Dice is that the input selector switch is on the back
panel. In the instance where only one input is used this would not be a
problem but, as I mentioned above, I am using all three inputs. However,
saying that, putting a selector on the front panel would probably impact
the good looks of the Dice.

Anyway, Thanks very much for a great product and I hope to be enjoying
the Dice for years to come.

Regards
P. Johnson (Australia)

Hi moodlab,

Magnificent sound (especially using BurwenBobcat ) and build quality . Very
high "wife approval factor" .Price /quality ratio of
АК47. Thanks for fast delivery .

With kind regards

A. Denisov (Czech Republic)

Hi Albert,

Thanks for the email and my apologies for not contacting you sooner. Yes the Cocnept DAC has arrived safely (in record time) and to say I'm delighted by both the build and sound quality would be an understatement. Having recently borrowed a friends Altman (Attraction) DAC and being soundly disappointed by the exagerated claims about it's (mediocre) build and (mundane) sound (turgid bass response, phasey pinched upper mid, synthetic and distant top end), your product was a genuinely pleasent surprise. It's deeply comforting to know that some people are still driven by a genuine desire to acheive excellent sound quality at a sensible price and in doing so passing on the benefits to others.

Thanks for an excellent product and needless to say excellent service.

Regards,

A. Bissland (Australia)

Hello Albert,

Yes, the Concept has arrived but I have only used it for about 7 hours so it’s not run in yet. So far it has better bass and treble response, the mid range is like miracle. Sound stage is good now but still getting better. Once I put 25 hours on it I will compare it with the DAC in the Yamaha CDC755 it is replacing and write back. Will also try different audio interconnects.

Will let you know more in a week or two once I get the hours up.

Regards

G. Vaticano (Italy)

Hi Albert,

Thanks for your message.

The DAC arrived 4 days after I ordered which was a pleasant surprise - the package tracking service was very good. The box was well packed and arrived without any signs of being mishandled. The DAC was well put together and everything worked straight out of the box. I like the indicator of locked signal (green) vs no signal (red). The DAC now sits quite discreetly in the stereo rack.

I am using the Concept DAC to take the optical signal from my Airport Express to my home stereo (Naim amp and speakers). The i-tunes on my Mac sends to the Airport Express.

Sounds good - open, balanced and warm sound. Have compared the output with my CD player (Naim CD5i). For it's price the Concept does a great job.

best regards

T. Rule (Australia)

Hello Albert,

Yes the DAC arrived and fast!!

The Dac is playing for 10 days now and the sound getting better every day.

First my System:

Preamp is homebuild with e288cc tubes and V-Cap teflon coupling caps
Monoblocks modified Sphinx PJ12
CD player modified Meridian 506.24
DVD player Panasonic
Sat tuner Topfield 7700hsci
Speakers Heil AMT Kithara

I've hooked up the dac to the preamp with the Neotech NEI-3002 and the
CD-player with the Neotech NEI-2001 and the DVD and Sat. with the Van
den Hul Optocoupler.

For the Sat tuner and the DVD player the sound with the Concept is an
incredible step upward, it is really fantastic to watch concert DVD's now!!
Switching between the Concept and the Meridian is something else ,here
the Meridian is the better one but the Concept is coming in real close.
The Meridian has a fuller soundstage, more microdetail and a harder
attack from the drums and bassdrums.

But I love the voices and guitars coming from the Concept they sound
simply real and they are standing really stable in the soundstage.
The very low bass from the Concept is very good and clean to my ears even
better then the Meridian.

I have to say you've built a very musical DAC everything sounds simply
as music and I can listen hours to it,THANKS.

Thanks and regards,
W. Grievink (Netherlands)

Hello,

The DAC turned up very fast, post tracking service was useful.

USB output from my iBook sounds superb, and I'm impressed by the way the computer recognises the Dice DAC instantly. Increase in sound quality from my basic CD player (Phillips CD723) is noticeable, but at the moment the speakers (B&W 602 s3) are badly arranged because we're doing some work on the house... so I think the difference should be even more. I'll let you know how it sounds when I've got things set up properly.

Many thanks,

B. Bridgens (UK)

Dear Albert,

The Concept DAC has arrived pretty fast. It's up and running since about 3 weeks and the gain in quality of sound is remarkable and so far I'm very pleased.

I got my portable computer hooked up to it (through optical connection) at one end and my old Marantz (about 25 years old) to the other end. All in all a nice set up, that sounds rather good.

Best regards,

K. Klomp (Switzerland)

Hello Albert,

The Concept DAC arrived.
From the short period I did get to listen the Concept sounds very nice, very detailed much more so than the other DAC I just sold. I've connected it to an Apple Airport Express with an optical cable and then to an Unison Research Unico amp.
If you have some suggestion about the DAC, I accept them with pleasure!

Meanwhile, I offer my compliments for the efficiency of moodlab and I wish you good job. Thanks for all.

W. Floris (Italy)

Hello.

Yes, I have listeded to the Concept dac and I enjoy it very much. It is in many ways similar in sound to Marantz CD17 I had before. I'm now running my system without a separate CD player. PS3-Concept dac-Creek 5350se-KEF Reference 201/2-REL Storm 3. The highs and mids are very smooth and the dac is easy to listen to. It is very good on tempo and transients. It lacks a bit in the bass,but as I use a separate active subwoofer, its not a problem. I consider this dac to be a steal for its price. Gold plated connectors would boost the feel of a quality product,which I consider this dac to be. I'm very happy about it.

J. Nordblom (Finland)

Hello Albert,

The Concept DAC arrived on Monday, Really fast shipping!
Music developed soon, and meantimes I am happy with the little DAC, which is now much better than the digital section of my Sony CDP.

Kind regards

G. Simon (Germany)

Dear Albert, an update for my published review.

Update!!!!:
After 2 month - the "arctic coolness" is gone. The sound is warm and mellow.
Yes, Mellow, mellow, mellow. But super Realistic, I still jump up when the
telephone in a movie rings. Even the USB input - I am using it always now -
is not different anymore from the coax, it was sounding more cold in the
beginning.

GIVE THE Dice TWO MONTH TO WARM UP AND IT LOOSES ITS COLDNESS COMPLETELY -
before judging it. (I thought "warming up" was a myth - it is not)

Best regards
C. Brincken (Austria)

Hi Albert,

The DAC arrived in three 3 days! The sound of the Concept DAC is definitely better than the one in my TVIX. My initial impression is that the treble is more detailed and sweeter. Thank You!

Regards,
J. Foong (Malaysia)

Hello

I've taken many days listening to your Concept DAC and now I'm sure it's very good and I'm satisfied
to buy it.

Thank You.

V. de Bartolo (Italy)

Hi,

I recently wrote an article on my blog about a system I built with the Concept DAC, a Trends Audio TA-10.1 and B&W 603S3s. Thought you might be interested.

http://dream.adeli.ca/archives/posts/guide-audiophile-quality-sound-for-student-dollars/

Thanks!

T. Fletcher - A satisfied cusomer (UK)

Hi Albert,

In the last weekend I had listen to Concept. I made a "pre" 48H burn-in with my Logitech Squeezebox.
Just one word: Concept is the closest "analog" sound i ever heard from a DAC. :-)
Beautiful sound stage, sound clear and sharp... I'm in love with Concept. :-)

It'd be good a new model with more coaxial and optical input, and a front input selector, for plug more device.

I open a thread on Concept in www.avforum.it, the bigger italian forum of audio and video. You'll find the thread here:

http://www.avmagazine.it/forum/showthread.php?t=101207

Thanks again,

M. Lener (Italy)

Hello Albert,

Now I've had time enough to test the Dice DAC and do the running in period correctly. The reason because I have tried so much in reply you has been a software problem. I explain you: I use the computer as the source and firstly used ASIO4ALL and WinAmp to play music. The problem is that WinAmp and a lot of progarms to hear music use the lose of resolution when you get down the volume. So firstly I was using the volume control of WinAmp and keep the volume control of my amplifier (X-CAN Musical Fidelity) fix. After talking with a friend I tried to put at maximum the volume at the WinAmp and controle the volume with the amplifier control and it was a huge change: the music didn't collapse in tutti sections (I hear a lot of classical music) and gained in response speed, sounded fuller, warmer and smoother. Firstly I tired very soon to hear music because it was very agressive to my ears but after doing this change I could be hours and hours hearing music. Another change that improved the hearing was to change WinAmp with Foobar, and in output preferences you can use the moodlab as output device and precise the output data format (I think for the dice is 16 bites). I think you can explore these posibilities and put some advices for good use in your web

In other hand, in terms of hearing I have meet the Dice a very serious device. The principal characteristic is the gain of clarity that you can experiment more evident in chamber and poliphonic music. Another hit is the realism you reach, above of all, in the voices and solo instrumens, it's like the singer were at your side. The music also gains in dynamics and there is more diference between pianissimos and fortissimos. As the principal characteristic I would tell that the Dice takes out the deeper in every recording: you can hear every effort and efect that do every performer. And it helps you to difference better between the good and bad performances. Resuming a very good investment for my sound system.

Nothing else, I would like my comment would be of utility and it my advises could serve to new computer listeners.

Thank you for everything and best regards

D. S. Roca (Spain)

Hi,

I have been using the Concept for more than a week now. It really makes my squeezebox sing. Great little box.

A. Pai (Austria)

Hello,

First, thank you for the extremely fast delivery.
I am very satisfied with your Dice DAC. I'm using it with my laptop and an external USB drive with the USB connection to the DAC.
It sounds great! To be precise, the bass is not quite as detailed or as full as my Sony XB790, but I didn't expect it to be. However, after hours of listening I'm not at all disappointed.
The sound is detailed and transparent and there is no sense of fatigue even after several hours of continuous listening.
I love the convenience of having my extensive CD collection on my harddrive and catalogued for easy access.
In short I can heartily recommed the Moodlab Dice to anyone looking to build a harddrive based system without any loss of fidelity.

For your information I am a professional classical musician.

My system:
Musical Fidely A2 integrated amplifier
ALR Jordan Note 3 speakers (outstanding resolution, transparency and depth)
Sony SCD XB790 (SACD)
Kimber speaker cables and inter-connects

Best regards,

G. Murray (Austria)

Hi Albert

Just to let you know, the Concept dac arrived in three days !!

First impressions are good and can become only better after burning in.

I use this dac in combination with a Micromega Stage 6 and it even improves this lovely CD player.

Regards

G. Lommers (The Netherlands)

Thanks!

I will try it some more.

My turntable has a Denon DL-103R pickup. I find it shocking how close the moodlab sounds to this pick-up both played through my Burmester 935 Pre-amp.

Bjorn (Norway)

Hello,

The Concept DAC is very good, much better than my CD players HK970 (Harman Kardon) dacs.

Thanks,
T. Liesjarvi (Finland)

Hello

Concept DAC received ,thanks for your fast service..
I buy it to make a second small system for TV broadcasting.. very
pleased with it

Thanks.

Rohan (France)

Hi Albert,

I bought it because I didn't like a lot the sound of my PlayStation3 with my Rotel amplifer and Mission speaker.
When arrived the Concept DAC I connected it at the optical output of PS3 and i set the output frequency to 44,1 Khz in bitsream mode.
After this upgrade I relistened my favourite Music DVD Video and the sound changed completely BETTER.
I want Thanks you for all.

Best Regards
M. Iannaccone (Italy)

Hello,

I am using the Concept DAC with a Sky HD box. It is a big improvement over the onboard DAC, especialy with music. There is much more detail. Individual instruments are seperated out, making listening more enjoyable.

I tried it with my Sony DVP-NS770V DVD player and Muscial Fidelity A5 CD player. It's much better than the DAC in the DVD player. It's not as good as the DAC in the CD player, but that is in a different price league, so I would have been upset if it was.

Regards

S. Burnand (UK)

Hello!

I connected the Concept yesterday, coax from my dvd-player and toslink from my Mac. Flac sounds beautiful! Haven't really tried it out yet, but I will play some records tonight! I'm sure it was well worth the investment!

Best,
Arinbjorn (Norway)

Hi Albert,

Thanks again for fast shipping...today I had the time to have a closer look and especially hear on the Concept and what should I say, it works very fine. Sounds very clear and tidy. What do I have to tell...you know the story :-)

By the way, is it a problem to place the box on one side (90 degree rotatet) to fit inbetween CDs?

Best regards,

H. Wittenfeld (Germany)

Thank you moodlab for that cool DAC

I bought it from Ebay UK and it come with a UK power supply - BUT with an adapter for German / Austrian wall sockets. Thats cool.

The Dice looks Nice - an aluminium case with a thick translutient front. Nice that Dice. It´s very stylish and gives a futuristic arctic cool look - Ice cubish.

Arctic coolness is somehow defining the sound of the Dice too. The sound is not needly enervating, but opening an cool arctic horizon with a lot of sun shinning brightly. No, its not sounding very warm "analog", Its more like a Linn Sondek in the freezer.
The speed and timing is perfect. Its indeed music coming out of it on a quite high level.

I had different CD Players, an old DAC5 from Mission, a Marantz 74 Player and a Playstation. Lately I heared Lossless (FLAC) compressed music from my harddisc using a M-Audio Audiophile 2496 USB.

My Marantz - though not very detailed - was the most musicaly playing audio gear I head, only being beaten by the Playstation SCPH 1002. The M-Audio USB sounded more detailed, but somehow "not completely right"
compared with my Marantz and the Dice. The Playstation was very warm and analog, with a exellent feeling for the timing. The sounds had time to die away. The problem with the playstation is, that it is not exactly a very reliant device.

The Dice give the waves plenty of time to die away too and is doing quite fine so far.
I think I will get a warm jacked, a cup of hot tea and keep it.

Btw. I never heared "Antarctica" from Vangelis so authentic.
Warm sound from a tube based system? not with the (D)ICE cube.

Thank you Albert for that cool DAC.

C. Brincken (Austria)

Hi Albert,

It is a good DAC. However, I am not an expert, I can
only say the sound is smooth and non-fatigued.

Good construction of the Concept DAC.

Thanks and regards,
George (Hong Kong)

Hi,

This DAC is perfectly amazing !!!
I installed it this morning with a Panasonic DVD player as source......
The stereo amp is a Yamaha and speakers are Warfedale ......

It transformed the sound very radicaly..... I never hoped this result !!!
Dynamic, but also punchy, but without agressivity......

Even my wife hears the difference between now and before !!!

Thanks for this Concept DAC.

Best regards,

S. Danloy (Belgium)

Hi.

I use an old Kenwood 7060 as CD-Drive via Toslink. The Powercord was very thin. Today I change it to a better Powercord. Wow, now it sounds right :) .

Before this I use a T+A CD1250R CD-Player. I would say the sound is very near from the quality from your DAC to the T+A.

M. Famulla (Germany)

PS. My english is not so well.

Hello,

Your dac plays very well in any range of price. A miracle for the
cost. I am using it with my Micromega and I prefer the Concept dac and
his sound.

Sorry again for my english

Ciao

Stefano (Italy)

Hey Albert,

Yes, it arrived quickly and in perfect condition. Thanks! I did mean to email you but I guess I got too tied up in re-listening to all my CD collection.

I'm feeding the DAC from the optical out of a Mac Mini. The Concept DAC then goes into a TA-10.1 and my B&W DM602s3s. I love it! I wouldn't describe myself as an audiophile at all although I work in pro audio but I like to think I have ears that can tell what sounds 'good'. This setup sounds fantastic. It's great to have such a compact hifi that with the exception of the speakers is fully portable.

Keep up the good work. I hope business is going well for you guys. You make great products.

All the best,

T. Fletcher (UK)

Hi Albert,

After a couple of weeks audition, I am very pleased with the sound from the Dice, extremely detailed compared to my vintage Meridian CD system, and I am busy ripping the CDs to apple lossless so I can play them back using the Mac and USB.

I may even upgrade my amp and speakers to take advantage of the new sound quality I am receiving!

Thank you for an excellent product at a very reasonable price.

Best regards,
M. Bedish (UK)

Albert,

Many thanks for the email. I'm absolutely over the moon with both the service and the unit itself. My DAC arrived in just 3 days and was very well packaged. The unit itself is beautiful to look at (it looks even better than the pictures on the web site) and sounds stunning. Especially clear midrange and a very tightly controlled bass. It is a huge upgrade to my AV setup for very modest outlay.

In short, another very satisfied customer!

Thanks,

R. Kent (Linlithgow - UK)

Hi Albert

With that modification, the Concept locks fine, and I can play my music through the DAC without problems.

The sound is a big improvement to the motherboard's lineout - particularly the bass. I am very pleased
with it. I would like to thank you for your exceptional after-sales service - without which I doubt I would
have overcome the problem with my motherboard SPDIF signal. I will recommend your product and company
without hesitation to anybody looking for a DAC. Many thanks.

Best regards
S. Murphy (UK)

Dear Albert,

The reason I have been trying to contact you is to thank you for your speedy delivery. Despite a postal strike over here at the time I received the Concept DAC safely on the 10th October- just three working days after placing my order - first class service.

I set it up initially with a very old Philips CD player as transport and then with a NAD 542, and straight out of the box the DAC performed superbly. In fact this "cheap" combination sounds better than the now-defunct Meridian 506 CD player I have been using for the last ten years or more. And it seems to be improving the more I play it.

Based on what I have heard so far I would recommend the Concept DAC to anyone in the market for a new mid-range CD player (or has an on old player that needs upgrading). Instead buy a cheapish CD player, add a Concept DAC, link it all together with some decent interconnects and sit back and be prepared to be very impressed!

Kind Regards
G. Lord (UK)

Albert,

Thank you so much for helping me set up the Dice using Linux!

I am now listening my music collection using the linux box and I would like to tell you that I like it a lot. It gives me a very clean and detail sound. The jazz reproduction is outstanding with excellent timing and pace. Female vocal is so silky and refine. All in all, bravo!

May I wish you and your company every success!

Regards,

Dirk (The Netherlands)

Good morning from Scotland,

My Concept arrived this morning via UK customs in perfect working order,congrats on the packaging!

First impressions are very good with a much better soundstage/bass extension than the bare Squeezebox 3.
I'm using IXOS Toslink cable between SB3 and Concept and it's connected to a Bonnec Timpano preamplifier (￡3K). So it's getting a good frontend! My speakers are Linn Products Kabers actively driven by 3 x Artikulate C4200 Chakra amplifiers.

My ultimate decision on buying your product was helped by reading your customer's reviews and also audio forums.
The Concept is sitting next to my Linn Linto,so flat earth vs digital eh?! :-)

Many thanks for your quick service from HK and I will send an update when I have had more time to have a serious listen!

D. Mclaughlin (UK)

Have received the Concept DAC.

I am very impressed by the excellent sound quality it provides.

Thanks

Regards
J. Knights (UK)

Hi Albert!

The DAC arrived 3 days after payment - from Hong Kong to Germany - really great!

The product: I connected the DAC to my Windows Vista Media Center PC and a Yamaha High-End Stereo System with the digital Coax connector - i have to say: WOW! WOW! WOW! There is so much more sound in the room with your DAC - i wouldn't believe it, if someone other tells this. The technical and optical design of your DAC is fantasic, too.

Regards from Germany to Hong Kong
Peter (Germany)

Hi Albert

Yes, it arrived very quickly indeed. I started thinking of buying the Concept originally because of mains hum feedback issues on a satellite receiver (my hi-fi is pretty good). The DAC didn't solve the hum! But the improvement on sound from the satellite is great - on TV certainly but what impressed me was that satellite radio has now become a real pleasure.

The sound quality from the Concept is very nice: musical, makes me want to listen more, and very accurate.

All-in-all, a great experience buying the product from you (it is cute too).

Thanks a lot.

Best regards.

Steve (Luxembourg)

Hi,

Yes the DAC arrived without difficulty. The system was very easy to use and worked right away. I have noticed a nice improvement in sound quality (after sending music out from the computer via the USB vs the headphone jack). We have yet to convert to lossless music files so I suspect the music will even be better once we have.

Thanks again.

V. Schroeder (USA)

Hi Albert

I have just installed new speakers, the old ones were partly blown and distorting. Today is first day that I can evaluate the Dice and it is wonderful, even before the new speakers have ‘run in’. The Dice gives a wonderful vinyl sound to my music on hard drive and it is a magnetic listening experience already. Many thanks for your interest, I will mail again in a month or so when it has all settled down.

Best Regards

M. Smith (UK)

Hi Albert,

The Dice has a full, rich sound. Very easy to relax into the music and enjoy. I like it! The bass is strong and it grooves right along. I'm using my Apple Macbook Pro and inexpensive little book shelf speakers. It all adds up to a lot of fun. Thank you.

Best Regards,

T. Andersen (USA)

Evening Albert,

I am used to a traditional stereo system comprising of a Linn Genki, Naim NAC92/NAP90 playing through Linn Kans which I have been very pleased with.

But I wanted to integrate my music collection and devices and so designed a new system around my iPod Video using iTunes and MythTv to push my collection around the house.

This meant that my Genki was no longer the front end but a media pc. I found the sound was all over the place with overblown bass and washed out definition.

Now this is where the Concept comes in :-)

I wanted to try and remove the terrible DAC device built into a pc, and just use the pc to stream the mp3's digitally to the Concept which hopefully would do a job nearer to the Genki.

So that's the background, on first listen I am finding that the bass has smoothed out and stopped being overblown plus I can now hear the lyrics and follow the tune a lot easier. There is a lot more detail as well on further listening...

Don't know if it is as good as the Genki but then it would be a harsh comparison really comparing a ￡1000 Linn Cd player to a ￡150 DAC!

I will keep on listening and see if the Concept 'beds' in over next month which I suspect it will. I have also bought some new Linn Ninka speakers (worth ￡3500!) and a NAIM NAP140 which has 'fleshed' out the sound immensely.

My old system above has moved upstairs which has an xbox attached to it, once it is up and running I will be very tempted on getting another DAC from you to allow me to listen to music there with the same quality as in the living room.

Anyway enough of my ramblings, thanks for a great product and service,

Nigel (UK)

Hello Albert,

The sound quality?

The change from the sound that I was experiencing before the Dice made its way to my system is enormous. Sometimes it is hard to believe that something so small can have such a profound impact, but it is almost as if
I have upgraded the whole system! There is more bass, without any loss of control or pace, in fact these areas has improved almost as much as the quantity, sweeter treble, also without any loss of detail or timing. And we
can add to this an increase in 'musicality', everything that comes out of the speakers is just so much more enjoyable. Very much a case of the proverbial 'it seems though I am re-discovering my music collection again'.
I guess that for a music lover there is nothing like hearing all your music again for the first time.
And one more thing it is still getting better, each time I listen it is even more pleasurable.
Well done Albert, please feel free to quote this if you would like.

Cheers

George (UK)

Albert,

Faced with a dead CD player, I opted to base my audio system around
lossless FLAC files on my PowerBook G4 paired with the Concept DAC
using an optical S/PDIF link.

In blind comparisons with high-end equipment, I have been very
impressed with the solid engineering and genuinely audiophile quality
from this DAC which gives a precise presentation, good dynamic range
and a particularly expansive sound stage.

As an adjunct to the Mac, a moodlab DAC is the perfect companion
which brings high-end audio to everyone.

Best regards,

Joel (UK)

Hi Albert,

I connected the Concept to my top quality dvd player NAD T562 with a good Toslink cable and to my Cyrus pre-power amplifiers and the sound is astonishing great!!! It is so analog sounding ( like from an LP) and I have a beautiful warm sound with wide and deep soundimage and nice details. At the moment I like it more than the sound of my Cyrus CD player....it is less agressiv.
I play mostly jazz and classical music and I am sure to have nice evenings in the future discovering again my CD's...

Much greetings,
Frank (Belgium)

Hey Albert!

Just wanted to let you know that I have been using the moodlab Dice thingy a lot over the last week. It sounds fantastic! Very clear. I would like to buy another one for my other stereo system in another room. Do you have an even better quality model?

Kindest regards, and thanks again for making me very happy with my music.

Cheers
Peter (Australia)

Hello Albert!

Haven't been able to try the dac for some time because I was looking for a cheap and small cd-transport. I want one like a external dvd-burner. But I didn't find one so I plugged it in to my old dvd and I must say "The Concept" dac sounds really really good. Full-bodied, warm, open soundstage, musical etc. I'm very pleased.

Tack for en jattebra produkt! (Thanks for a really good product!)

Dan Goransson (Sweden)

Dear Albert,

I'm particulary happy.

Your DICE DAC has greatly improved the sound of my DVD reader (a NAD), which is much clearer now, not to mention the sound of my PC.

I am very grateful to you.

Bruno (Italy)

Thanks Albert. The Concept arrived on Saturday. Great little gadget you produce. It
does wonders to my Squeezebox.

Cheers

Andrew Marascelli (Australia)

試聴させていただいた機器の構成は以下の通りです,

CDプレーヤー : Philips LHH300

アンプ : Philips LHH200A

SPK : Dynaudio Contour 1.1

最初に音出しをした際の第一印象は, 高音の透明感が良い, 反面、低音が少ないかと心配しましたが、しばらく聴いているうちにちゃんと低音まで出ていることに気付き、安心して聞き入ってしまいました。

この度は、誠にありがとうございました。

岩橋様 (Japan)

Dear Moodlab,

The Dice has played very well in my system, it outperforms my CD player (a Densen Beat). The sound from the DAC is very clean and musical. I love the Dice very much.

I will try to connect it to my Mac later and report to you soon.

Best regards,

Van Der Veen (The Netherlands)

Hello.

The DAC has arrived and I am very pleased with it so far, got it yesterday. I am using it between a SlimDevices Squeezebox and my pre. As other has commented it sounds very “analog” compared to the other equipment I have.

Very fast delivery, impressing!

Best regards

Trond Kjetil (Norway)

Ciao Albert,

Il DAC Concept si e permesso il "lusso" di mettere un lettore DVD Pionner DV 585 A(con circuito di sovracampionamento disattivato da "MENU' IMPOSTAZIONI", fondamentale questa condizione) nelle condizioni di poter, in tutta scioltezza, "UMILIARE" un ARCAM 8 S.E., un Cambridge CD 6, e di pareggiare ai punti con un Musical Fidelity quando abbinato alla sua amplificazione con diffusori Magneplanar MMG.......... Il che e gia un ottimo inizio !

Le differenze che si riducono DAVVERO IN SFUMATURE nei confronti di macchine da DECINE DI MIGLIAIA DI EURO, e queste sfumature finiscono per essere soltanto la panacea che giustifica, obbiettivamente con difficolta, i facoltosi proprietari di tali elettroniche, pertanto il possesso delle stesse, a questo punto, esplicita quanto mai la classica "PERVERSIONE D'OGGETTO" !!

Ottimo prodotto ALBERT !!

Saluti
Giorgio (Italy)

hey guys! yes actually just got it yesterday. was slightly disappointed as a day or two after i ordered you changed the Concept DAC to the new one, but oh well. I was slightly skeptical about the whole DAC thing to start, wondering if it would actually make an audible difference (or improvement) in my system. I did some back to back comparisons with the DAC on and off yesterday after i hooked it up. I noticed a smoother bass response and some details in my music i had not noticed before. Overall not a dramatic improvement, but definately audible. I am happy for the price I paid, but am glad it wasn't a $1200 unit that the Concept gets reviewed against!

Hannah (USA)

Hello!

I picked up the dac yesterday and it sounds fantastic! I’m really impressed, this is good value for money.

Thank you for fast delivery and an excellent product.

Best regards,

Fredrik (Norway)

Hello,

I am writing to let you know that the Dice DAC has arrived. :-)

I have connected the Dice to my computer and playing my music using foobar2000 with ASIO4All plug-in. All I want to say is WOW, wonderful sound from my Stax headphones. As I previously mentioned, I am using an Apogee mini DAC and I am ready to sell the Apogee now.

Great product and well done.

Regards,

Joe (USA)

Hi Albert,

the Concept DAC sounds wonderful:

Great soundstage and superb dynamics over all. Big Band Jazz has a lot of punch in bass!

I really enjoy listening, now.
What makes me wonder that it doesn´t matter if a quality CD-Player or a cheap DVD-Player is used for transport - just the same result in sound. Your reclocking system to avoid jitter seems to work perfect!

Regards

Horst (Germany)

Albert,

The Dice DAC arrived and I have connected it to an Apple Aiport Express - Cyrus 8 and Smartpower amplifiers and Spendoe S5e loudspeakers. It is a amazing improvement with the Airport Express!

I am very impressed with the improvement in sound quality,

Kind regards

J A Cramer (UK)

Dear Albert,

it arrived on Friday. I am so pleased, it sounds really good, even better than my Paradisea. Great bass lines :-)

Once again thank you for resolving the delivery problem.

Kind regards,
Mike (UK)

Hi,

Just a quick report, I have connected the Dice to my Stereo and laptop computer,

Nothing to say on the audio quality: it makes every source play wonderful!

Thank you, and best regards,

Andrea (Italy)

"...I decided to sell the Beresford after a while and I bought a Moodlab Concept to replace it. This was after thinking long and hard about whether or not I should wait and get a MKIII when it came out. I found the Moodlab to be much better sounding, to my ears. It was fuller sounding with even a touch more detail, quite punchy and dynamic too...."

from Head-fi.org

Hi Albert.

Received the Concept today and very please with it straight out of the box!

Kind Regards,
M. Ferguson (Canada)

Hi Albert,

The dice does sound good, dynamic and deep.
I use it with an airport express to stream music from my computer.

regards,
Olivier(Thailand)

Gentile Albert,

ho provato il Dice DAC col cavo coassiale utilizzando il mio CD Rotel come meccanica e funziona OK. .
Peraltro il Dice suona molto bene, complimenti!

Grazie ancora,
Pierangelo (Italy)

客様の声:

分解能や、音域の特性ではなく、音楽の再生能力が素晴らしい。自然でバランスのとれた音作りが非常に良い。見栄を切るようなところがなく、いつまでも聴いていたい美音だ。

Kimura 様 (Japan)

Hi there,

I'm just contacting you to say I received the Concept DAC I ordered last week.

I've only had time for a small listening session before I had to go to work this morning, but my initial impression is that this is an excellent sounding DAC! (not to mention its cool looking and well built)

I bought the unit to replace a similarly-priced DAC I had recently bought as an upgrade to one of my CD turntables, but hadn't been entirely happy with. I must say that straight away, the Concept DAC is MUCH better. The sound was much more full-bodied and warm than the DAC i had previously. It also has better dynamics, tighter bass and a much better soundstage. I'm an instant fan of the NOS sound now.

I will be buying a second Concept for my other CD turntable as soon as funds allow, hopefully in a month or two.

Thanks for the great service and making such a fantastic product.

Regards,
Adam (UK)

客様の声:

高音質なところもさることながら、コストパフォーマンスに優れ、ユーザーの立場にたった商品は、好感がもてます。

松井様 (Japan)

Dear Albert,

The parcel has arrived! Thanks! Sounds good so far straight out of the box!

Thanks again for your prompt responses via email.

Please update me when you have new products.

Cheers,
Chris (Australia)

Hi Albert

Yes it has arrived - many thanks

Haven't had a lot of time to evaluate the unit as yet but of first listening, it has certainly improved the sound quality.

Allan (UK)

Hi Albert,

A quick email to let you know how impressed I am with the DAC. I am using it with my media centre pc via the usb connection.

The DAC has enabled my hard drive stored music collection to sound almost as good as CD's played on my ￡1000 Musical Fidelity CD player. Bass is deep but tight, and the soundstage has really opened up, the music no longer sounds compressed.

Thanks again Albert for an excellent product!

Regards,
Mick Knights (UK)

Hi Albert,

Thank you.

The shipment was sensational fast, I'd like to say.
Thank you very much.

It would have been arrived at 20.12., but the local postman made a mistake
so that the DAC arrived at 22.12. (and that's really fast enough :-) )

In my opinion, the DAC itself is a great product.
Very good sounding machine.
I like the deep soundstage and the "non-harsch" sound.
I think it goes in the analog direction, just a bit like my turntable.

I use the DAC with my Squeezebox 3.

The mechanical design is also very good.
Nice case and nice frontpanel.
I think a good sounding device should also look good.
In fact the Concept-DAC does.

Thank you very much and best regards,
Michael Foerster (Germany)

Hi Albert,

HMMMM, that started good!
Then i connect the Dice via usb to my laptop.
Hey, a second led went on in the Dice and new drivers were installed.
I started Foobar 2000 and loaded a few tracks ripped in flac format.
At Last, a beautiful sound emerged thru my speakers!
After that i connected my NAD dvd player via coax s/pdif to the Dice and again a beautiful sound!

Well it does not matter, this is the first time i hear this quality sound coming from my laptop.

Thanks,

Titus. (Netherlands)

Hello Albert,

Yes I received and installed the DAC.
I am satisfied with the DAC. The sound results clearer and more detailed.

I think a major improvement will be evident when I will upgrade my loudspeakers.

Thanks and regards
Massimo (Italy)

Hi,

I just received a dice DAC from you. Thank you for the quick delivery :-).
I am very pleased with the sound of the dac.

Best regards,
Holger Schibalsky (Germany)

The DAC has arrived. I've also tried it. Very satisfied :-)
Thanks a lot for all Your help.

Gustavsen (Norway)