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Metrum Pavane NOS DAC

Been listening to it for a few days now. This is a most beautiful sounding DAC. I'll give it a few more weeks before declaring it an astonishingly beautiful sounding DAC.

I wish I discovered it earlier, as it would have saved me a lot of money churning through equipment.
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coli OP
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AES + reclocker is the way to go. 50 feet AES cable here. Enough for 16 channels!

The Metrum DAC is... perfect. Beautiful beautiful sound.
Nothing else to say about it really. The closest digital gear to analog sounding.

Well, I wish it's cheaper so I can buy another one for left and right surround.
coli OP
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Yeah, my experience with 1bit DSD DAC was... beyond horrible.

6bit R2R Delta Sigma DACs are actually pretty good, Burr-Brown call it "advanced segment", Onkyo receivers/processors got it and it sounds great and is super cheap!

Sabre Delta Sigma DAC sucks, similar to 1bit DACs, sigh.

And finally, fully R2R DACs are heavenly.

Let's see where the DIY Soekris R2R DAC goes, could be awesome sound quality at dirt cheap prices.
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