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DAC for Bricasti Design M5 Network Player

Would appreciate the forums assistance in choosing a stand alone DAC for the Bricasti Design M5 Network Player. In addition to the M5 I have a Roon Nucleus. I would like to connect the M5 via AES cable to the DAC into Pass Labs XP30 via xlr balanced cables, into Pass Labs Aelph Zero Monoblocks, to Klipsch LaScala speakers. Streaming only Tidal and Quobuz. No CD's or stored media. Budget is $3000.00 I prefer to buy used from fellow Audition member.
thinman2
rsf507
2,253 posts
 
Haven't heard this one but getting some good reviews. The Gold Note DS10
https://darko.audio/2020/03/gold-note-ds-10-review/
Something to check out. If you do get to hear one please let us know your thoughts.
thinman2 OP
37 posts
 
I ordered an M3 from Mike Kay at Audio Archon. Mike took my M5 in on trade and gave me the best price he could. I was surprised no forum member mentioned a DAC that was preferred to the M3.That tells me that the M3 is the way to go. Had to hit the retirement account and went over budget but who wants to retire anyway. Many thanks to everyone who commented and helped prevent me from making an expensive mistake.
emergingsoul
978 posts
 
Planning to get the m5.  Is a chord tt2 a good companion?  Saw m5 specs saying sampling rate up to 192 for m5, but tt2 clearly can go a lot higher.  Is this limiting factor??
hgeifman
2,113 posts
 
The Bricasti M5 manual says:

Audio Specs and sample rates supported:

AES Output: SPDIF Output: USB Output:
44.1kHz-192 kHz PCM and DSD 64 as DoP, Wi-Fi or Ethernet 44.1 kHz-192 kHz PCM and DSD 64 as DoP, Wi-Fi or

Ethernet 44.1 kHz-384 kHz PCM and DSD 64 and 128 as DoP, Ethernet only.  
Does this answer your question?

jc51373
519 posts
 
@emergingsoul 

TT2 is a cold analytical DAC. Good resolution but I got seriously bored with that DAC after about 2 weeks. 
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