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End Game Dac reccomendations
Hello all! The following is my current audio system, I think my DAC is the weakest link, the rest of it I am fairly confident is reference grade. Would love some opinions on what DACS would voice well with my system, thanks!.
From router: Lumin N1 -> Lumin U2X (clocks synched) -> Denafrips Gaia -> Denafrips Terminator Plus (clocks synched) -> ARC REF 10 -> ARC REF 160S -> Focal Scala Utopia Evo and Rel 31. Power conditioning with Niagara 7000, Furutech NCFR wall outlet, isoacoustics isopucks under all componenets and gaia 1 neo underneath speakers. Thunderbird power cables and bi-wire speaker cables, AQ Diamond USB from U2X to Gaia, Dragon 48 from gaia to terminator plus, thunderbird xlr as interconnects.
My short list of DACs I think would be a great fit are Lampizator poseidon, horizon, or genya, Allnic Audio D10000/D15000, or some variation of an MSB discreet. Please give me your thoughts though. I would love peace of mind knowing my DAC is up to the class of components of the rest of my system.
I would love to upgrade my dac to improve soundstage size and holography without reducing the micro detail and blackness from my current denafrips stack. Would love to hear your opininions! open to trades and offers for sales if you have something that would fit my bill to, cheers!
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Wow, those are some nice AR power pieces. I agree a DAC upgrade is in order. Curious why you are not considering moving up the Lumin lineup? I can speak to the Playback Designs MPS-8 being my end game DAC, if a deep soundstage is what you after it will give you that, and as a surprising bonus to my ears CD’s sound even better than streaming, but I don’t have any comparisons to Lampi’s or Aries Cerat etc. to offer you. Personally, I have a tube amp to roll a few tubes in, and I do mean a few as in 3 tubes, but I don’t know how I feel about having them in the DAC. This video might be of interest: |
@mclinnguy I am a firm believer in seperated functions, the U2X is the flagship streamer from Lumin, no better product for that. I believe in standalone DACS. |
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