DAC du jour

Saw a MHDT Toucan on ebay.  Nothing about it on the MHDT site.  Description English was a little off on the translation.  I'd be a little leary until I contacted MHDT to confirm.

@danager 

I have seen MHDT is out with 3 6922 models  they had some on ebay

+1 @grinnell 

6922 adapter better option than the upgraded we 5670

Love mine

MHDT

In this category I would recommend a Schiit Gungnir… or if you are serious about high quality sound (I don’t know what your associated equipment is)… or will in the future a Schiit Yggdrasil. I did ablot of research for a friend… and got a Gungnir as an experiment, we bought him a Yggdrasil… an amazing DAC for the money or twice that. So, if you are looking to a better  in the future save up for the Yggdrasil, or otherwise look carefully at the Gungnir.

My systems show under my ID, give you some idea where I am coming from… 50 years as an audiophile.

If you double that $1500, then the Musetec 005 is the much better DAC over the Gustard X26 Pro. I sold my Gustard to buy the Musetec. However, I wish I did not since I later had a need for a warm DAC with details.

I helped setup a listening station with 3 RME ADI-2 DACs. It sounded OK but I preferred the warmer Gustard X26 Pro and definitely preferred the Musetec 005.

I would be looking at the Gustard X26Pro as well as. Search the reviews. I know of no other DAC that has put so much effort into a DAC and to have done so for $1500 is nothing short of amazing. Dual DAC chips, dual mono completely including power supplies. Sort of like having mono bloc DAC. They use the ESS Sabre 9038's.