As a recent new owner of an ST, I can tell you that Amethyst uses different DAC's then the rest of the Trinnov group. People I spoke with seemed to believe the ST/MC DAC stages were better. Trinnov will just tell you they are "different..." I think if your keeping your DAC's , it all comes down to the quality of your DAC.

Full disclosure, I will be returning my ST and going to the MC, as I want multi channel digital inputs. (Oppo Vanity HD). I will tell you one thing that isn't great for some is that the ST and MC don't have standard volume control. So you need to buy a USB volume control or use web based/RS232 control. That is NOT the case with the Amethyst, which has direct volume control. The Amethyst also has inputs for streaming music and a more expansive preamp stage.

In terms of sound quality. I can tell you my system has never sounded as good, and I highly doubt that it is a function of the DAC stages.

Let me know if you need anything else.


Primary: MD600, MS200 (SpeakerLink to AES), Trinnov ST-2, Ayre V6-xe, Salk SS8 3x LRC.
Secondary: MC600 (whole house).
Zone one: 568.2, G57, MS200, Spatial Hologram M2SE.
Zone 2-6 (Awaiting assignment).