Well written and interesting. would ask you to try a MSB DAC. Even if it’s the Analog or Discrete DAC with power supply upgrade
How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey
Recently I catalogued my journey of a DAC replacement after selling off my Nagra Tube DAC.
https://audiofool.substack.com/p/how-not-to-buy-a-dac-part-one
Comments, feedback, brickbats, likes, always welcome
My shortlist was:
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Abbas DAC 3000-5000$
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Lampizator GG1-GG3: 8000-10000$
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AMR DP777SE : 1500$
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Sforzato: 3300$
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Metronome AQWO 2
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Accuphase DP-770
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Ayon CD35 II HF
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Esoteric N-01XD
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@ghasley @jrareform Thank you so much for your kind words. Working on the part-two as we speak, will post soon.
@alexopth1512 Thanks for justifying my craziness. You are lucky, I had that option twenty years ago, Computer Science or Electronics. Now I wish I had taken electronics instead of CS. Sigh! I would be doing what you are doing now, perhaps. |
@rikkipuu That is a brilliant insight on the GG3. Thank you for (courageously, LOL) putting it out there. I think I would be on the same boat as you -- preferring GG3 to Aphrodite, although haven't heard either. I love the Pacific DHT, heard at a friend's house. |
@alfa100 Thank you for your suggestion, I respect MSB a lot, but these days, they have lost my respect with their over-the-top pricing and their luxury-audio PR and seem to have lost their the sheen of their salt-of-the-earth audio engineering values that they were known for. |
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