$5K DAC OPTIONS


Looking to upgrade my Dac with $5k budget 

I’m thinking about this three options 

1. HIFI ROSE 150B

2. DANAFRIPS TERMINATOR (used) with Ifi Zen Stream 

3.MUSETEC  (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC with Ifi Zen Stream 

Anyone have experience on above dacs?

(PLS IM NOT) interested in Auralic , Lumin or Aurender

my equipments 

Speakers : Cornwall IV ,EPIC CF4 and Sony SS-M7

Amps: SimAudio Moon W8 and W7

Pream: SimAudio Moon P8

Cambridge Azur 851N and Ifi Zen Stream 

100% Tidal Hifi  streaming

I mostly listen to 70s,80s and early 90s Blues and country I do enjoy great female vocals thanks 🙏 

 

 

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I bought the Mustec LKS MH-DA005 and I am very happy with it paired with Altec A7. A friend of mine preferred the Musetec to the Terminator II in his system which led me to my purchasing decision as I was looking at the Denafrips Dacs as well as the Holo Audio. 

The Audio gd and Denafrips DAC'S are superior for the $$.....Chinese is the BEST value dollar fo dollar ...

Thanks everyone for great responses 

for money and performance I will definitely consider MUSETEC  (LKS) MH-DA005

but I want more than that  aesthetic is 40% important  sound quality is 40% wife acceptance 20% usability and APP is super important too since I depend on it to stream from my iPhone 

my experience with denafrips pontus II was not great there was not definitive difference between my Cambridge Azur 851N or cocktail Audio X45 I know terminator is definitely on different league 

I’m going to give HIFI ROSE a try looks gorgeous amazing screen modern full rack design I think silver will match my SimAudio’s silver P8 and W8 thanks and appreciate all the responses 

I have nothing wrong against Chinese dac or whatever except I don’t like the over hyped on Auralic , Lumin or Aurender 

any post on here about DAC recommendations sure they’re the one going to response first I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ they’re dealers or actual owners 

I have try Auralic Altair G1 from Upscale Audio and I hate it return it few hours later app sucks I don’t care about the sound and is not full size rack mount overall not my cup of tea