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tube dacs vs solid state dacs

there have been a number of posts extolling the virtues of seceral brands of solid state dacs.

however, it would seem that the flexibility of tube variation, especially in the gain stage , should best the performance of most solid state dacs.

yes , it brings to mind the issue of tubes vs solid state, but i think the particular facility available to tube dac owners vs solid state dacs has not been sufficiently emphasized.
mrtennis

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shakeydeal
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"and cheap power supply in all the tubed DACs"

So if you are insinuating that this is true of ALL tube DACS, I call BS on it.

Shakey
shakeydeal
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Yeah, that's just Elizabeth painting with that broad brush of hers again. Nothing new to see here......

Shakey
shakeydeal
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By your premise, Elizabeth is wrong. She points to the crappy PS in "all" tube DACs being the cause of "inferior" sound. You point to the DAC. You don't help her case at all.

Shakey
shakeydeal
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I have heard tube and non tube designed DAC and cdps that sound good. For years my digital playback of choice was a Tube Research Labs modified Sony universal player. Not a tube in sight, but wonderful sound. It actually replaced a player with a tube output stage.

Now I have an outboard DAC with a tube output stage. It sounds great and replaced the TRL Sony. I agree with Charles1dad. It's more about the implementation than the sum of the parts. To my way of thinking, the PS and analogue stage is more important than the DAC chip.

Shakey
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