Headfonia Reviews the Fidelice Precision DAC

on the PRECISION DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER

“…while at a glance it may look like something designed with vinyl and reel-to-reel tape in mind, the decidedly Mid-Century-looking flagship of the Fidelice line has very much been developed to act as the digital centrepiece of the home audiophile’s rig…”

“…it’s quite the ‘statement piece’. As for the aesthetics, I suspect it’s going to be a ‘love it’ or ‘hate it’ question when it comes to taste. As someone who thoroughly enjoyed a bicycle architectural tour around Palm Springs, California a few years ago, and whose favourite TV show of all time is ‘Mad Men’, you can probably guess which camp I sit in – I love it.”

“The Precision DAC casts a deep, enveloping soundstage with precisely layered tracks that excel in both depth and width…the Precision DAC has just enough hint of sweetness to its tone so as to make your music feel fun and organic, while digging deep into the details of a track so as to give you incredible insight into tunes you’ve listened to thousands of times before, all done so in an intoxicating way.”

“The Fidelice Precision DAC is unlike anything I’ve reviewed before. Firstly, it’s such a unique design statement in terms of melting together old-world analogue know-how with a modern twist – it’s a bold middle ground, but I think it just works. I simply had to have the Precision DAC front and centre on my desk while listening to it…it just oozes ‘cool’, and it’s a pleasure to interact with on a human level.”

“If money were no object, this would be The One Box that I’d want to have on my desk.”

on the PRECISION PHONO PRE-AMPLIFIER

“The Fidelice Phono preamp simply blew away the phono stage on my vintage NAD 3240pe receiver (which I had always felt was pretty great) when playing my Rega turntable with a Shure M91ED cartridge, and it made the phono stage in the Schiit Jotunheim 2 feel positively pedestrian by comparison.”

“The Fidelice simply brought a level of dynamics, control and overall enjoyment to vinyl listening that I didn’t know I’d been missing out on.”