Metronome

Founded in 1987 in a small town north-east of Toulouse in the south of France, Metronome are a long established brand, whose audiophile credentials were deservedly earned during the 1990s with a brilliant range of CD transports and CD players.

Fast forward to today Metronome have evolved and grown, driven by a serious passion for music and all things hi-fi. Disc replay is undoubtedly less popular than it once and the current range of Metronome products embraces the modern age of streaming and high performance DACs, whilst not forgetting CD replay for those who still like to spin silver discs.

Metronome has 3 ranges of products, the Classica range is their entry level range and features 4 full size products – a standalone DAC, network streamer, CD transport and a CD player (with external digital inputs with an optional streaming board).

There is also the ‘Digital Sharing’ range which comprise of 2 small products, we have the DSS2 Network Streamer and the DSC DAC, both of these components are compact and perform to a very high standard.

Above Classica sits the AWQO range, which is another 3 products – a CD/SACD transport, a DAC and a CD/SACD player with DAC.

I focus on the Classica range and have the Le DAC 2 and Le Player 4+ on permanent demonstration.