Chord Dave Replacement

I'm looking for suggestions on DACs I should listen to as possible replacement of my Chord Dave. I'm looking for suggestions between $10K - $12K.

ricred111-01-2018 12:53pm

timo62 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 280 posts 11-01-2018 at 02:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You already have a very top tier DAC. You might want to consider adding one of Chord's Upscalers, either Hugo M scaler , or the Blu Mk. 2. This would help to take your digital playback up a few levels.
caphill Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 674 posts 11-01-2018 at 02:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Agreed with timo62.
frozentundra Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 207 posts 11-02-2018 at 01:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Use Roon run the upsample filter- linear warm upsample to double DSD , then listen to Dave My thoughts ps: I’m a sacd fan
ricred1 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,039 posts 11-02-2018 at 02:01am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for the responses. frozentundra, I do use Roon and I'll try the linear warm filter.
headphonedreams Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 527 posts 11-02-2018 at 05:23am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You could try some of the newer dacs that has gotten good reviews. Like the Lab12. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-dac-that-crushes-price-vs-performance-ratio