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Differences between the D20 MK1 and D20 MK2

As it was a running change to the basic D20 platform, swapping out the transport and DAC chipset, there is no obvious designation on the components themselves, with the only way to identification being that the “digital out” text is on the left side of the connector for MK1 and on the right side of…

The rationale for three feet

Why three instead of four feet is simply a matter of the trade-off between occasional inconvenience and long-term audio performance—and can serve to illustrate Primare’s Practical Design approach, which is inspired by the Swedish concept of lagom (“laah-goam”), meaning “just the right amount.” Not too much. Not too little. Our use of three feet is the…

Design concepts and conditions informing the Prisma network player and application design

We continue to work to improve the Prisma application, but it may be helpful to understand the original design concepts and the current conditions of the Prisma network player platform. The Prisma bundle of network was never designed to have music streaming services such as Radio, TIDAL, or Qobuz embedded into the application. Rather, the…