DAC? how much more $$$ to get a significant improvement over Bluesound Node?

starting to get into dacs, never thought much of external dacs before

it seems like there are some state of the art pieces out there under 3k, Schitt and Benchmark come to mind

would that be my starting point to really gear a significant upgrade from my Node?

any recommendations below 3k to achieve this?

thanks in advance

audiocanada12-21-2021 12:02am

divertiti Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 222 posts 12-21-2021 at 05:00am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It doesn't take much to better Bluesound by a wide margin, for your budget of ~$3K, used Denafrips Terminator 1, or Holo May Spring 3 would be about the best value for money. Avoid dacs focus only measurements but sound like cardboard cutouts, like the Benchmark and Topping.