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budget DACs

I am going to add a wadia itrans and need a good budget dac for it since my digital player does not have a digi in. Ideally it would be small and run cool since I don’t have any space on the rack for it and it is going to sit on the floor next to my rack. I am thinking about the mf v-dac ($300 new) or the bel canto dac2 (~$500+ used). Anybody listen to both and have any thoughts to share? Are there other dacs in the <$500 category used I should be looking at MDHT, etc? Thanks for your input.
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karmatogdral
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Yes what they say about those Taiwanese dacs are all true, My MHDT Havana is sounding ever so natural and organic, though it's tube sensitive, the tube is not an issue if you know the kind of sound you prefer or like to improve.
Havana is also popular in the 2nd hand market, so if you don't like it, it won't take long to sell. I don't remember where but i heard MF v-dac would make one wants to upgrade pretty soon.
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