After owning many top shelf front ends...levinson ref, wadia 861, bat, denon, arc,...I have found SONY...yes, Sony to communicate music far more effectively then than any of them...like listen all day and all night!! Maybe it's the Burr Brown DAC's that suck the life out of the music. The fact that it's single ended is also contributing to the fact that it sounds better...wonder why Conrad still goes RCA??
Best Player or DAC: ceiling $3k
My primary system: Stax Omega Headphones with Stax 007 balanced tube headphone amp.I plan to use balanced interconnects. I listen to a wide variety of music. I am looking to buy a the best digital source without going much over $3000, though no need to go that high. I live in the hinterlands and cannot audition anything. Therefore, I am left to interpret the interpreters.I am unlikely to get into SACD,etc. My candidates on the used market:
-Kora Hermes II
-Balanced Audio Technology
-Audio Note Balanced 3.1
-Theta Gen V Balanced
-Meridian 508.24
-(New)- The Lector
Thanks
-Kora Hermes II
-Balanced Audio Technology
-Audio Note Balanced 3.1
-Theta Gen V Balanced
-Meridian 508.24
-(New)- The Lector
Thanks