Save the money and look toward a more expensive DAC. The thing about Budget DACs is you may get to the point of looking for better sound than what you currently have. My suggestion is to look above the $2000 range, Those DACs, up the chain, usually have more detail, and so on. You may reach a threshold where you would not be spending more, often, just to upgrade your sound.
Recommendations on a Warm Sounding DAC under $1100.00
Currently I have a Black Ice Glass FX Tube DAC that sounds great, it’s just that I purchased a Matrix TT-1 Streamer Transport, that sounds amazing and appears is not compatible with the Black Ice via USB due to the clocking circuitry in the TT-1.It works great via Coaxial but I’m really interested in trying the I2S input as well as USB.
My set up tends to be on the forward side and not looking for “The DAC of The Week” that so often is promoted on Youtube, so any thoughts on a warm sounding DAC that anyone has experience with in my price range would be greatly appreciated.
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