Looking for a DAC $2500-$4000
Okay the digital part of my 2.1 system consists of a Line Magnetic 845 Premium Tube Amp, Tekton Encore Speakers, Cambridge CXN V2 Streamer, and an Oppo 205.
I'm running the Cambridge through the Oppo 205 to use it's DAC.
The Cambridge has a nice DAC that has been described as an every man's Streamer. It has a musical more analog sound to it. The Oppo's DAC is more detailed but also sounds more analytical or clinical.
What I am looking for is something that can be both on a higher level.
The reviews I've read about the Musical Fidelity M6x DAC ($2500) seems to be what I'm looking for.
Do any of you fine lovers of Streaming have any suggestions that I might add to my list to research? In the $2500 to $4000 range. Thanks for the help.
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The inside of the APS Audio Modified PS Audio Directstream DAC . This is one of the best sounding DAC’s that does not sound digital. The Limited Edition Signature Series PLUS It’s a DSD / FPGA / Audio Transformer based DAC. No DAC chip! We compared this to many over 10K DAC’s and it always came out on top. |
Just wanted to say thank you for all the great suggestions. I have created a Docs folder with all of your recommendations and will start going over each one individually and then compare my top 5 to each other. Lots to learn. @davide256 I probably will not be going beyond streaming music through Qobuz. So I don't think I will be purchasing and downloading High Res music files. But you got me thinking that I should get a better DAC with a USB connection for digital. The Cambridge doesn't have one. So I'm limited to Coaxial. Do you have any Streamers to recommend? @kennyc What do the numbers in front of the DACs you suggested mean? @pindac Lurk away. It's how I learn all kinds of stuff here in Audiogon. |
@meambler I am a Gon Member and reasonably active on the Gon, across a few of the Categories. My observations are the Digital Section, is one that is seen to be evolving constantly and not locked down to a few regular contributors. The increased contributions does enable a observation to occur only, not impacting on the Threads Growth. Googling and Bookmarking makes easy work of creating shortlists for furthering investigations. |
@pindac That’s what I did. I created a Bookmarks folder named DACs, copy and pasted each DAC that has been recommended here in google and bookmarked each google page to the DACs folder.
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