The Carpathian said he has a nice Mytek DAC. Why would you suggest he replace it with an entry-level FOSI all-in-one headphone amp?
Why not? It’s not his system he’s recommending to negatively impact.
A new dac?
Guys, help me out here.
My dac which I've been using for a number of years now is a Mytek Stereo192 DSD.
Came out in 2013, I think and was $1600 retail.
Still think it sounds good, but I've nothing to compare it to.
My question: If you are familiar with this dac or similar, what would I have to spend minimum to better it, and what do you think will better it?
I enthusiastically await the responses of the cognoscenti. (Wanted to use that word in a sentence since I read it in Calvin and Hobbes!)
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@audphile1 , If i put a few dacs at various price brackets behind a curtain, started flipping that A/B/C/D switch,,,,,whatever you can pick out as an "improvement" or not would be very "hit or miss" and pulling teeth, i bet.
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@devinplombier Point is....Since he already has a ’very nice Mytek’ dac, he’s not missing out on a lot whether he flipped to some creme de la creme r2r dac or not...and not with a 1000 dollar budget.... So, might as well get a splendid R2R FIIO for 320 dollars to quench his R2R desires...get it over with (that have been planted in his mind by the forum’s dac specialists), don’t ya think? It also gave him the budget to get 2 subwoofers....made his experience a whole lot better than pulling teeth, trying to hear the differences on certain types of dacs in a otherwise bottlenecked system/room. p.s. It's almost like TektEric 'Alexander the great' went to war with your nation and defeated your people or something...the pain is deep, eh?
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Guys, just want to try something different. As far as subwoofers, the LSA20’s have a fr of 25-30,000 htz. They’re not lacking in bass. I also find them quite resolving for the price. So, if you’ve never heard them I can’t really take anything about them as a valid opinion. What I do need is more power to them. The 75 watts @ 8 ohms Aria isn’t quite cutting it. When I get back to my Florida house, I have an Odyssey Stratos in the closet that I had an extra 88,000 mf’s capacitance added to it. I’ll take it back up to Connecticut with me and use the Aria solely as a preamp. Now that I think about it, I may buy dacs new so I can easily return them if no discernible improvement. @audphile1 , and everyone else, would also like advice on a half way decent streamer. I know you guys probably only know the higher end stuff, but if anyone was slumming...😄 Also, thanks everyone with putting up with my waffling! |
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