Hello Romney- I have recently gone through a similar situation and purchased Bricasti DAC (M12). I did listen to DCS Bartok and a few other DACs like DCS Rossini, Chord Dave, etc during this evaluation process. Although all of these DACs were really very good sounding, Bricasti turned out to be relatively better and musical at-least to my ears... So you should give it a try if that's a feasible option for you. I have the same floor-standing loudspeakers that you have, Aerials Model 7T.
This Bricasti unit, M12, being a source controller allows me to connect my turntable to it by-passing the existing pre-amplifier Parasound Halo JC2. It greatly helped simplify my two channel set-up. That was another big reason why I opted for this Bricasti model instead of their dedicated DAC M21.
Hope that helps.
Thanks.
This Bricasti unit, M12, being a source controller allows me to connect my turntable to it by-passing the existing pre-amplifier Parasound Halo JC2. It greatly helped simplify my two channel set-up. That was another big reason why I opted for this Bricasti model instead of their dedicated DAC M21.
Hope that helps.
Thanks.