Conrad Johnson DA2b


I just got one of these and it is a really great sounding DAC. All the info I have found on forums and what not have been from people that have used it with the DR-1 transport and not with modern music servers. I do not have a DR-1 transport, but I have used this DAC with Apple TV and with a Squeezebox duet and I think it sounds quite nice. There is plenty of air and it handles transients quite well. It handles dynamic classical pieces with ease. Transitions show no harshness and instruments sound as they should. Folk music is broad and rich and rock music is full of detail and without harshness. This one has the original GE tubes, but I have some Mullards on the way.
djlebaron

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I have read your same gripe several times on several boards, and I can understand your frustration with an expensive piece of gear giving you trouble. We I had searched for info about this DA converter all of the negative comments seem to come from using it with the DR-1. Did you ever use just the DA2b with a digital music file server or just CDs with the DR-1? And did you have reliability issues with the DA converter itself? If so, what were they?