Is DEQX a game changer?

Reluctantly I traded in my DEQX Premate towards a Ayre KX-5 Twenty. And.. I couldn’t be happier. Even with all the available adjustments that the DEQX is capable of, the Ayre Preamp is just way better in sound quality.

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And that, my friend, is why I think the miniDSP units are on the cutting edge.

Purely digital EQ, lets you use the best DAC and analog components you have.

It’s easy enough to use an external DAC and/or an external A/D Converter with a DEQX, while still taking full advantage of DEQX’s very extensive and in some ways unique DSP capabilities. Although most DEQX users who have posted here (including me, with my HDP-5) have been satisfied with the internal DAC and A/D.

Regards,
-- Al