CAL Alpha burned down:what's next upgrade?


Hi
My 11 year old Alpha said goodbuy recently with smoke and glowing red resistors.What should be my next upgrade if i really liked Alpha's sound?I am looking for something that accepts both coax and balanced cables (don't care what it outputs though)with used market price under 2k and similar sound .How about those CJ converters,any good?Thanks in advance.
overhang

Showing 1 response by bigkidz

I emailed RX8man who used to own the CAL Alpha DAC and used it with a CEC TL-2X transport. I sent him my Audio Logic 34 DAC and he sold the Alpha the next day and bought another 34 DAC here on Agon at that time. The used Alpha DACs are around $400 and the Audio Logic 34s about $1000 used but he felt the upgrade was well worth it.

He will post soon or email him directly.

Happy Listening.