Sometimes the differences are very subtle, and can take some time to pick up on. Suggest you get extremely familiar with one for a couple of weeks, then switch and get extremely familiar with the other. Switch back after a couple of weeks, and repeat....if you still don't notice a difference, either they're too similar to detect or something else in the system is masking the small difference.
Two DAC in One System Sound the Same?
In my bedroom system I have a Shanling SM 1.3 streamer/DAC going to the a Vincent SV 228 integrated ampler. Speakers are Warfedale Lintons. The DAC in the Shanling is the AKM AK4499EX DAC chip with the AKM AK4191EQ digital modulator/pre-processor. The DAC in the Vincent is a Burr-Brown PCM5102. Using the DAC of the Shanling streamer, I am using the Primeda ICs. Using the internal DAC of the Vincent, I am just using a generic tosslink cable from the Shanling streamer section. Switching inputs on the Vincent from one DAC to the other with the remote, for the life of me I can’t tell a difference in the sound. Why would that be? Two different DACs, different cables and yet they sound the same? The good news is they both sound great, love it. But I was just curious, does anyone have any insight to this?
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