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HI my system is Rogue Tempest, appletv for my music it is in lossless,AIFF if I remember,and a pair of Mark&Daniel's Mini's, looking for a dac used or new $500 to $800 approx,considering psaudio dac iii, also easten electric dac,peachtree dac-it,has anyone heard these and what else would you suggest,I am looking for musicallity,smooth analog sound is most important to me, thanks for any imput, Nick

Happynick (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-11-11

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10-11-11 I went through the search a year ago and ended up with the p ... Timrhu

10-11-11 I'd be curious to see if you get any reponses on the musical ... Davide256

10-11-11 I use a rega dac with my apple tv (apple lossless files). s ... Kbarkamian

10-12-11 I own the ee minimax and highly recommend it. Meiwan

10-12-11 I like the centrance dacmini. it goes for $795 (new) and has ... Nonoise

10-12-11 Save your money and get a good dac like the wyred 4 sound da ... Rbstehno

10-12-11 Again, if you want to stay within you budget, check out the ... Nonoise

10-12-11 One more thing---you can a dacmini from somewhere like audio ... Nonoise

10-12-11 Although a bit above your price range used, i think the ayre ... Soix

10-12-11 I would look for a dac with an excellent power supply, an ex ... Ckoffend

10-12-11 Another in your price range that is worth a listen is the s ... Sfar

10-12-11 These are some great responses,ilike what ckoffend had to sa ... Happynick

10-12-11 Centrance dacmini is great, as is the burson audio da-160. Danlib1

10-12-11 The w4s dac 2 (and dac1) didn't blow away everything mention ... Kbarkamian

10-12-11 I recently got a listen to a rega dac (have been on the dac ... Robbob

10-13-11 Hi happynick my advice to you is the same as kbarkamian's, ... Tubegroover

10-13-11 I agree to audition however noone in the detroit area sell d ... Happynick

10-13-11 Happynick, i am in kalamazoo. if i am heading over to the d ... Ckoffend

10-13-11 Don't rule out the minimax, did you read into it that since ... Tubegroover

10-13-11 I should ad that i listen to a lot of rock , flamenco,acoust ... Happynick

10-13-11 Hi happynick, i'm in the same boat as you're in. i also hav ... Petewhitley

10-13-11 There's an ultrafi iroc dac available on audiogon right now ... Istanbulu

10-13-11 I live about 20 minutes outside of nyc and had issues tracki ... Kbarkamian

10-15-11 I am thinking of getting the shiit,bifrost dac, at $350 new ... Happynick

10-17-11: Singleendedsingle
I would like to know how the Bitfrost stand against another dacs on the same price range. Let us know once you get it.
Singleendedsingle (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-20-11 The bitfrost is on order be a week or 2,they are kind of vag ... Happynick

10-20-11 The mhdt havana is nice for the money....doesn't overload yo ... Devilboy

10-26-11 I just got a rega dac to listen to at length in my system. i ... Robbob