Auio Research

Has anyone heard the Audio Research DSPre or the McIntosh C-50?
Looking for a good Preamp-DAC

keithjacksontucson OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 46 posts 08-16-2014 at 08:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete curse typos
denman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 112 posts 08-16-2014 at 08:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I own the Mac C-50. I love it.The internal dac according to McIntosh upsamples everything to 32/192 which I find is inferior to my Wadia X-64 dac.The Mac imho loses high and low frequency details Sounds very soft almost veiled.But it does excel in the mids on vocals.Hope this helps.