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Playback designs MPD-3 vs Ayon Skylla

I am currently using an Ayon Cd2s, with its digital input as a DAC to play FLAC & Hi-rez files from my Laptop. Am contemplating an upgrade and options available to me are the Playback design MPD3 or the Skylla. Having owned Ayon players (Cd1s and Cd2s) for the past 3 years as my digital sources I am quite comfortable with upgrading blindly to the skylla, but with all the buzz around Playback designs, I am curious. Any thought?
Cheers,
Sid
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doggiehowser
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If you don't have a preamp, I'd recommend the CD5S which has an analog volume control vs the Skylla which I recall uses a digital volume control like the older CD5.
doggiehowser
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Yes. The designer feels DSD2x sounds better and you design the analog section to only filter for DSD - simpler and sounds better.

You'll find that EMM Labs and now PS Audio are also on to the same thing.
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