I’ve been listening to the BDT upgrade on my Cascade. It is like I have a completely different model DAC that has upscaled my whole system.
Last weekend I had fiends over to listen. Some of them have been listening to my system since before I got the Cascade. When the first heard the Cascade they said was like I got brand new, major system upgrade. Now, with the Cascade2, as I call it, they feel like my system has been upgraded again, as much as it was when I got the Cascade.
We all had similar views of what improved.
The first thing we noticed was imaging. In the first 20 seconds or so of the first track, everyone thought the imaging improved, even though we could not put a finger why.
The instruments are in clearly defined places, and some of those places are outside of where the speakers are placed.
Vocals are improved. It’s the clarity and naturalness of the vocals that is improved. Cascade is excellent on vocals but Cascade2 is at another level.
One of the tracks we listened was Jarre’s Animal Genesis from Oxymore. Jarre composed this for Atmos surround. Cascade2 teases all the info out of that that stereo signal and you hear sound from all around your, including full left and right.
Of course, these are just my own observations, but to me Cascade2 is a game changer.
Dan