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DAC suggestions?

Hello!

I’m looking for a new DAC suggestion for my 2.1 office room set up. The room is 12x11 ft with a 10 ft ceiling.  The EverSolo DMP-A8 seems interesting.  Currently, I have the following:

Rotel CD14 (Water 1m RCA cable)

Michi X3 (Audioquest Thunder 2m Power cable)

Rel T/9X (Rocket 88 3m Rel Sub cable)

Sonus Faber Sonetto V Walnut (William Tell Zero 12ft Speaker cable)

iMac, using Roon and Tidal (USB B 1.5m Carbon cable)

I listen to jazz and RnB mostly and prefer a warmer sound. I’m happy with my current setup but feel adding a DAC and digital streamer would be nice versus going through my iMac.  Thank you so much for your time.

wisemenofgotham
soix
11,238 posts
 

Yeah you really wanna get that iMac outta there.  You can pick up a used Innuos Zen Mk3 for around $2k and here’s a nice Denafrips Pontus 15th DAC for $1695 that would make for a really nice combo within your budget…

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650227829-denafrips-pontus-15th/
 

Personally i’m not at all a fan of combo DAC/streamers and certainly wouldn’t touch Eversolo as they have no customer service to speak of.  Hope this helps, and best of luck. 

ericrhodes1's avatar
ericrhodes1
256 posts
 

I agree with cutting the computer cord, getting a Roon endpoint and separate dac. Just try to find a streamer and dac with i2S ports, that way you can ignore those who try to get you to buy an unnecessary ddc. 

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thriftyaudio
190 posts
 

I suggest not going with Eversolo. Their customer service is terrible. I would recommend Innuos or Aurender for the streamer. Keeping the DAC separate from the streamer gives you options. I like Bricasti for a DAC, although there are several excellent options.

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bassbuyer
892 posts
 

I suggest an Innuos streamer and the DAC of your choice based on your sound preferences. 

g2the2nd
345 posts
 

Happy Eversolo A8 user here. It sounds great, very user friendly and I’ve never experienced any bugs with the unit or app. I listen to more music then ever.

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