I am testing the Boulder 866 and definitely it’s an amazing product of you can stretch your budget it’s totally worth it. As people mention here some McIntosh are good too
Linn makes several excellent DAC/ Integrated amps. They also offer a number of customizable options to upgrade the sound (many of which you can do after a bit of time when your resources are replenished. Did I mention that the design is beautiful too…. Worth a listen before you commit to any of the above mentioned options (Hegel is a great choice too)
It is not the chipset, it is the execution. My best DAC has a '9018 in it. Just returned a '9039 based unit.
I was not impressed with the Moon. Hegel, OK I guess. Did not hear anything specifically wrong so that is a big plus. Once over that threshold, differences seem to be very small.
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