Hi Juan Carlos,

Martin copied your files to me to listen to as well - as I have the same rig as you (though I use a Nagra VI instead of a V).

I listened carefully using a Grace m903 monitor controller (with excellent DAC) and Sennheiser HD 800 headphones (about £3,000 in the UK).

I did hear a sort of "metallic" sound in places, a sort of "rasping" I suppose. But it was extremely difficult to suggest a cause.

It could even be acoustic, but that would not be my first suggestion.

How did you power the DMI-2P? I was wondering if maybe the PSU was not supplying quite enough current ???

When I use mine, I set -18dBFS as the 0VU point and I have yet to use more than 25dB of gain on the KM-D.

But I cannot really give any concrete suggestions - it may even be something in the Nagra V - though I could not be sure.

I would certainly also suggest sending the links to John Owens at Nagra to see if he could suggest anything.

The music sounds wonderful, by the way.

John Willett
Circle Sound Services