Recommend a dac that contributes to system for tight bass


I am not a bass fiend just would like a dac that has pleasing tight moderately deep bass.  I have pass labs monoblocks so amp not an issue....don't really want tube dac....

I know room and acoustics and system synergy play crucial role but have found some dacs excel at transparency like chord and other sound a bit flat like oppo....marantz is slightly warm exc prat but bass is bit light....

Thanks in advance.....


karmapolice
Ive had a Chord Qutest for a long while and I keep going back to it even though I try many different dacs from time to time. I will say the Qutest is one of the DAC’s that gave me the deepest, biggest and tightest bass. It’s also warm leaning in my system. A big fat fluid full sound comes from this little black box with great layering and details but never ever thin, harsh or bright. The Hugo TT 2 is more of that, with an even bigger sound. The DAVE is more surgical... If a Qutest or TT2 sounds bright or thin, there's an issue somewhere in the system chain causing that. Could be room, speaker placement, cables, source, etc. Anyway, tough to find a DAC that delivers bigger bass than a Chord Qutest (within its price range of course). 
If it is in fact not the bass but the low mids you are looking to address, why not simply buy a Schiit Lokius EQ and see if that does the trick?

A lot cheaper than buying a DAC and you can return it if you don't like it. 


As I read through this thread a part of me couldn’t help but wait for the punchline that the real culprit was a phono stage that is overdoing the bass. I’m a little twisted that way. Interesting that adjustments to the source and cabling made enough difference to satisfy the OP. Because things usually come down to implementation, it always amazes me when the least complicated isn’t far and away the best. Reading physical media in real time without error correction seems complicated.