Not wishing to repeat what seems to be general agreement on the tonality of the CL, I'll dispense with the typically treble, midrange, bass blow by blow headphone description of the CL. With the CL you have a smaller, more intimate soundstage with less separation between instruments. I would add, what I also find missing is detail and air which results in a reduced sense of space. To summarize, the CL has an overall warm balance and a somewhat muted sound, due primarily to a mid-bass emphasis and rolled off top end - all of which, at least for the most part, mirrors my impressions of the CL. From most reviews I've read there seems to be general agreement on the overall tonal characteristic of the CL. Since then, much has been written on this new headphone entry from Harman Kardon. ![]() With the use of Cary Audio’s proprietary TruBit selectable upsampling, any digital inputs (excluding USB) can be upsampled to one of seven different sample rates all the way up to 768 kHz.The Harman Kardon CL (Classic) is a light weight closed back on-ear headphone that was introduced in 2012. For DSD lovers, the Cary will also play back native computer DSD files up to DSD256 via its USB input. The DMC-600 natively plays back almost any digital music file – from 44,1 kHz/16-bit to 384 kHz/32-bit super high res files. This allows users to choose between the warm tonality typical of vacuum tubes, or the punch and detail of a solid state design – at the push of a button. Tthe DMC-600 uses sophisticated DACs to convert digital signals to analogue, after which the converted analogue signal is routed to one of two selectable output stages – either vacuum tube or solid state. The DMC-600 offers integrated aptX lossless Bluetooth support, allowing seamless connection of phones or tablets to the DMC-600 for convenient playback of music from streaming apps, as well as actual content stored on the deivce. The computer acts as the interface to send the music it’s streaming from the Internet out to the computer’s USB port and into the USB port of the DMC-600. ![]() For example, you can play music from services like TIDAL, Spotify, Pandora and so forth. Using a music service desktop software interface, the music can be streamed from the computer. Some media player software even has optional phone or tablet apps that actually let you control the media player for convenient listening and easy access. Once connected and through the use of a driver (for PC) and media player software like JRiver, Roon, etc., the computer acts as the interface to control the playback of the music to the DMC-600. Much of digital music listening today is done by playing ripped CDs or downloaded music files stored on a computer. Like vinyl, CD has experienced a little bit of a resurgence, However, this “CD player” has quite a few unique features hidden up its sleeve. One obvious feature of the DMC-600 is that it has a built-in CD player to play standard CDs. ![]() The Cary Audio DMC-600 Digital Music Center is ideal for anyone wanting to stream music from a PC or MAC via a USB cable. Cary Audio DMC-600 digital music centre does it all - and more
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