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Totaldac dac as a dac + preamp

I was thinking of purchasing this after I buy my power amplifier. Would it be a good match with a mcintosh 462 amp? What model would be the best to get? He has many different versions. It seems to make the most sense to get the balanced version though. It is 13500 euro I believe! But if the preamp portion of it is any good the value does seem to be there, no?

It any owners could chime in with their thoughts, and how they use their total dacs, and what model they have that would be much appreciated!
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I had a chance to read through that entire thread. I have to say that it was a bit of a shock that it measured so bad. I do not think I could purchase that dac and feel good about owning it.


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13500 is about 15kUSD which can get you a lot of state of the art dacs with much better casework at the very least, also measure better. I still don't know if measurements have anything to do with the end sound, but I have a feeling no, however, I would rather own something that is competently designed. Going by the audiosciencereview of the totaldac, it is not competently designed and seems to be assembled at random.
15K could get me a reference level dac from MSB, Bricasti, or Berkely, and those companies have a lot of measurements to backup their gear.
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