{"id":6103,"date":"2021-11-05T17:23:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T15:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melodyclub.gr\/?p=6103"},"modified":"2021-11-06T07:44:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T05:44:18","slug":"merason-frerot-dac-with-pow1-lpsu-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melodysvision.com\/el\/2021\/11\/05\/merason-frerot-dac-with-pow1-lpsu-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Merason Frerot DAC with Pow1 LPSU | REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Phillips<\/a>\u00a0 \/\/ parttimeaudiophile.com\"merason<\/a><\/p>\n

My review of the Merason Frerot\u00a0DAC<\/a>\u00a0is the first time I\u2019ve ever done a formal review of a stand-alone digital-to-analog converter.<\/p>\n

I do have plenty of experience with DACs over the last few years, but in most cases we\u2019re talking about an inboard DAC or a digital product that includes a DAC because, well, why not? I use DACs to stream\u00a0Qobuz<\/a>, and most of the time I\u2019m merely using an\u00a0AudioQuest DragonFly<\/a>\u2014the Black, Red and Cobalt models are the only DACs I\u2019ve actually owned or used for longer than a few weeks.<\/p>\n

Lately I\u2019ve had a hankering to spend more time streaming through my main system, as opposed to my laptop, and that requires another type of DAC. Over the last few years, I\u2019ve had a few of those inboard DACs in review products such as the\u00a0Rotel<\/a>\u00a0Michi X5 integrated amplifier, the\u00a0Bryston<\/a>\u00a0B135\u00b3, the\u00a0Rotel<\/a>\u00a0A14 and a\u00a0Simaudio<\/a>\u00a0Moon 390. Most recently, I enjoyed the flexibility of having a DAC inside the\u00a0Innuos<\/a>\u00a0Zen Mini music server I just reviewed. But when I ship those products back, it\u2019s time to remove that 20\u2019 AudioQuest Cinnamon USB cable, hang it in the Big Cable Closet, and go back to streaming Qobuz on my laptop.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m feeling that I need a more permanent solution.<\/p>\n

Why is the Merason Frerot the first DAC I want to review? Well, I spent a lot of time discussing DACs with two of our reviewers,\u00a0Dave McNair<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Grover Neville<\/a>. Whenever there\u2019s a DAC that needs reviewing in general, I usually call on either of them because they\u2019ve had a lot of seat time with various DACs for their day jobs, and those two are always hiding out in the virtual\u00a0Part-Time Audiophile<\/em>\u00a0War Room and talking about DAC things in their little DAC language of theirs. I always felt left out. So I asked them to help me find a DAC to review that was a) easy to use, b) relatively inexpensive and c) sounds great enough for me to seriously consider as a viable source within my reference system.<\/p>\n

The Merason Frerot was the first one mentioned.<\/p>\n

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The Digital to Analog Converter Blues<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You see, I\u2019ve had problems with using DACs in my main system, at least so far. I love the convenience and the flexibility and the sheer pleasure of having immediate access to millions of recordings. I don\u2019t like it when DACs are glitchy, or when the owners\u2019 manuals are not walking me through everything like I\u2019m an idiot because I might just be an idiot when it comes to this stuff. Drivers that won\u2019t download, functions that require additional downloads, things just not working like they should\u2014I\u2019ve experienced it all. And it turned me off. That explains Choice \u201ca.\u201d Choice \u201cb\u201d is important because I don\u2019t want to start off at the top reviewing some dCS stack that I\u2019ll never fully understand.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s simple. If I went shopping for a DAC right now, I\u2019d be looking at something priced like the Merason Frerot.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Choice \u201cc,\u201d the part about sounding good. That\u2019s one of the biggest things that\u2019s kept me from actually buying a DAC as a permanent part of my reference system. On those occasions that I have a DAC in the big system, I\u2019m usually lukewarm about the overall sound. It\u2019s fine, but I\u2019m generally back to spinning LPs within a couple of weeks. I\u2019ve heard plenty of amazing sounding DACs at high-end audio shows, producing state-of-the-art digital sound. I know what\u2019s possible. I know what an amazing DAC can do. I\u2019m just not getting that at home.<\/p>\n

Among the DACs I\u2019ve tested in my main and ever-evolving system, some felt glassy, some felt a little restricted in dynamics or low frequencies, some were just kinda okay, good enough for evenings on the veranda with hundreds of my friends but not for some serious driving time. I wanted my digital streaming services to sound at least as good as my $4500 CD player that\u2019s now almost a decade old, and hopefully better when it came to the hi-rez FLAC and WAV files I have stored in a spare hard drive. For years. Because I get turned off. I forget I even have this stuff.<\/p>\n

\"back<\/a><\/p>\n

Merason Frerot at Your Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When Dave McNair reviewed the $5500 Merason\u00a0DAC-1<\/a>\u00a0a few months ago, I paid attention when he talked about HOW GOOD IT SOUNDED. That\u2019s what I wanted to experience. When I found out that Merason had a tiny, somewhat minimalist and reasonably priced DAC, I said \u201cThis must be the place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Mark Sossa of\u00a0Well-Pleased Audio Vida<\/a>\u00a0is the US importer and distributor for Merason, and most of us at\u00a0PTA<\/em>\u00a0already know and like the guy, it was fairly easy to ask him for the Frerot. Or maybe he asked me, I can\u2019t remember. It was just so natural to say yes because I was so intrigued with Dave\u2019s take on the DAC-1.<\/p>\n

The Merason Frerot is described as an entry level version of the DAC-1, although with the same technology as its big brother. Merason\u2019s Daniel Frauchiger uses a very similar circuit layout for both units, but the Merason Frerot features a single Burr Brown PCM 1794A chips, compared to the pair in mono configuration on the DAC-1. There have been minor concessions on parts quality for the Frerot, which is to be expected. But Frauchiger is satisfied that the tiny Merason Frerot has that same essence as the larger DAC.<\/p>\n

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Sound<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As I mentioned, I set up the Merason Frerot DAC to perform two basic functions, the ones that are important to me\u2014streaming Qobuz through my main system, and combining the Merason with the Innuos Zen Mini Mk. 2 music server that I\u2019ve already reviewed. The Zen Mini is the only Innuos music server to include its own DAC, and while it\u2019s a minimalist unit\u2014one designed to compete at the level of most inboard DACs\u2014it sounds good enough to make the Zen Mini a fairly complete and satisfying product.<\/p>\n

Once the Merason was in the system, performance rose from \u201cthis is pretty darned good\u201d to something roughly the sonic equivalent of that older CD player I use. (By the way, it\u2019s the\u00a0Unison Research<\/a>\u00a0CDE, which has dual-mono DACs and tubes in the output stage and it\u2019s still one of my favorite one-box players, which is why I still use it.) I\u2019ll admit that a lot of those files I streamed were probably 16-bit, 44.1 kHz, so yes, it sounded like my CD player\u2014maybe a little on the cool side of neutral.<\/p>\n

I searched out some hi-rez tracks on Qobuz and wound up listening to Roger Waters\u2019\u00a0Amused to Death<\/em> all the way through for perhaps the first time. (I\u2019m not a fan of Roger\u2019s solo stuff\u2014David Gilmour is my \u201cfavorite Beatle.\u201d) I was impressed with the width of that immense soundstage, as most people are, but I felt that so much of the music was flanking me, settling out further on the horizontal plane than I\u2019ve heard in a long time. Hmmm, the Merason Frerot was starting to capture my attention.<\/p>\n

When I switched to my \u201chigh-end audio exhibit room\u201d playlist from the Innuos server, composed of some of my favorite hi-rez CDs from FIM, Analogue Productions, Mo-Fi and more, I felt satisfied that the Merason Frerot was serving as a viable source in my system\u2014not for the convenience but for the sound quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point I was ready to say that the Merason Frerot, at $1350 USD, was easily the best DAC experience I\u2019ve had at home. Solid digital sound, plenty of color and texture to the music, some extraordinary imaging and soundstaging fireworks as I mentioned, and an ease of use that simply hasn\u2019t been matched. I plugged this in without even consulting the owners\u2019 manual, I knew where the wires needed to be plugged, and boom! Been happy ever since\u2014until Mark Sossa dropped a bomb.<\/p>\n

\"back<\/a><\/p>\n

Merason Pow1 LPSU<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Merason Frerot DAC now had an optional matching LPSU (linear power supply unit) for an extra $900 that, in Mark\u2019s opinion, took the DAC to a whole new level of performance. I\u2019ve reviewed enough products in the last year with optional power supplies that wind up being essential, so I took him at his word. Plus, that $900 price is very appealing. I\u2019d pay, like I said, $1350 for a DAC as good as the Merason Frerot. But if you told me that I could add another $900 and achieve a huge performance improvement, I\u2019d probably call my credit card company and tell ask them, with sugar on top, if they\u2019d raise my credit limit.<\/p>\n

This LPSU, called the Merason Pow1, is a perfect visual match for the Merason Frerot. Stacking them makes these singularly diminutive boxes a little more noticeable on the rack. While I took a few photos like that, I\u2019m not a fan of ever stacking components. That\u2019s becoming more and more difficult since so many of the individual components in the review system are two-box affairs right now\u2014the\u00a0Pass Labs<\/a>\u00a0XP-22 preamplifier and XP-27 phono stage, the Innuos and its LPSU, the\u00a0Brinkmann<\/a>\u00a0Edison Mk. II phono stage that even comes with an HRS base\u2014and it\u2019s filling up the shelves of my normally spacious and accommodating equipment rack from\u00a0Fern and Roby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a long way to go to say I kept them apart for serious listening. No, I don\u2019t pay myself by the word.<\/p>\n

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Listening<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mark Sossa was right. The Pow1 LPSU made a huge improvement to the sound of the already thrilling Merason Frerot. The music simply expanded in every direction, bigger, more transparent, more finger-poking realistic. That incredible digital sound at those high-end shows, the one that eluded me at home? This was it, finally.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you how I know. When I stream Qobuz through my laptop, with an AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt and whatever headphones I\u2019m checking out, I can drift for hours. I could play DJ for myself on Qobuz. It\u2019s like Wikipedia articles\u2014oh, just one more and I\u2019ll go to bed. I don\u2019t want to stop listening unless I have to. Ordinarily, that feeling doesn\u2019t transfer to streaming through my main system.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an odd but accurate way to put it: it took an external LPSU to get me to a level of streaming where I feel I can say \u201cokay, I can start here.\u201d Buying the Merason Frerot DAC with the Pow1 LPSU would ultimately shift the way I listen to music, with more time spent playing Infinite DJ and less time managing the piles and piles of CDs in my house right now.<\/p>\n

Of course, that brings up why the Innuos was so impressive to me\u2014it made me realize I no longer needed a CD collection. With the Merason gear, I feel like I can ask myself a certain question for the first time: Do I want to play CDs and LPs, or do I want to stream? Suddenly, I want to stream.<\/p>\n

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Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In other words, the Merason Frerot DAC with the Innuos Zen Mini Mk. II, both units with their respective LPSUs, is easily the tool I could use to pry myself away from the burden of physical formats. We\u2019re talking about a four-box rig that only costs around $4000, which is slightly less than my trusty CDE was when it was new, in 2011. My CD player sounds great, as do a host of others, but c\u2019mon. Do you have the space for millions of CDs in your house right now, or would rather they be in the cloud? That\u2019s the question I\u2019m asking myself right now.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m starting to relax a little more about the future. I\u2019ve dipped my toes into the digital waters, and I can see where it goes. I finally went out and bought a new car, my first since 2005, and there\u2019s so much tech in these vehicles now. Now I can jump in my car, start the engine, and the entertainment center will automatically start streaming Qobuz straight from my phone, which is still in my pocket.<\/p>\n

I love this stuff!<\/p>\n

The Merason Frerot DAC and its LPSU mark an even more important step toward my unfettered comfort in the face of awesome technology. I am not afraid. Reviewer\u2019s Choice Award, please. Put it right here.\"back<\/a><\/p>\n

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