@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.
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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Finally wrote the part two of my DAC journey. Sorry it took so long, but lots of stuff happened in the meanwhile. Hope you like it. Cheers!
https://audiofool.substack.com/p/how-not-to-buy-a-dac-part-two |
The Shindo Arome CD muching Trans is quite interesting. For some reason I don't yet understand my Prismsound Callia is now very very listenable. It was hard to find any literature on this lil green box, so posting here. It's worth a gander if you come across one.
Still burning it in. Will do a blind A/B test at some point post burn-in after a couple of weeks to eliminate confirmation-bias factor.
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