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It's time to replace my 2009 factory-modded Wadia S7i with a current R2R DAC.


Having finally emerged from the rabbit hole of review leading on to review (doubting I'd ever come back),  I found that most  assess their DAC's performance based on source input from computers or servers. 

But I have a collection of cd's that I wouldn't live long enough to load  into a server, nor do I foresee streaming from commercial libraries or using USB/HDMI connectivity.

So, my question:: do present-day machines perform equally as well using native mode PCM hard discs played from a transport ?

Oh and ..have any lovers of the Wadia house sound found  equivalent sound in a R2R DAC ?

Thanks,

- John
 
dr-john
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georgehifi
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What is most important and what will deliver best performance is clock synchronization from server to DAC.
The dac should be the master, and and sources to be clocked to it.

Cheers George 
kw6
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I just got the Ares II from Denafrips bests my Chord Qutest. But with Qutest I was using Optical and coax with Ares II. I will switch back soon but with Chord I need to add bnc to RCA adapter! 😃
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jafant
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dr-john

I would keep the Wadia. Very few companies build this kind of player in 2021 moving forward.

Happy Listening!
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