@navyachts congratulations!!!! I am confident you will be blown away.
Great choice!!!
Let us know when you get it from Bricasti and have your first listen.
Back to the DAC
Just a bit of an update. When I inquired about a DAC upgrade in a recent post, it was suggested that I look at upgrading my cables first. Since then, I have done so (see my virtual system for that). Not over the top stuff, but a definite improvement over the mostly stock, generic cables I originally had.
System is sounding pretty darn good, but like most of us, you always wonder what a more expensive DAC will offer in the way of sound quality improvements.
Many of the recommended, higher priced DACs seem to include streamers and/or offer pre-amp capabilities. I have a good streamer and pre-amp and really don’t want all those components in one box.
Have any of you experienced a DAC which offers the sound qualities of highly praised units like the Mola Mola Tambaqui, DCS Lina, T&A 200, Weiss DAC501, etc. which their only function is a DAC?
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I see you are sorted. But in case others are reading, there are two European DACs worth thinking about, both north of $10k though: 1. the CAD 1543 mkII is an incredible R2R DAC with no streamer. In fact it is beautifully stripped down with a in-house designed internal power supply and mains cable, USB input only, RCA output only. Scott Berry, the engineer, sources the old Philips 1543 DAC chips and builds this pure no-compromise DAC by hand in Cambridge in England. It sounds incredible, the most analogue-sounding DAC I have heard. 2. Also the Vitus SD-025 is another DAC-only sublime sounding DAC, hand made in Denmark. Hans Ole Vitus used his high-end turntable to fine-tune and voice this DAC.
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