Metrum octave vs new Rega DAC vs Eastern electric

Get the Metrum. You are getting a dac that competes with much more expensive dacs. I find it sounds great with a Halide Bridge, or from my Squeezebox Touch with the enhanced digital out. Haven't tried the Audiophilio, but I probably will.
The Metrum is pretty much without a sonic signature, but very musical. That is what I want from a dac.

i just read that Paul Hynes is now offering a shunt regulator mod which supposedly ramps up the Metrum performance significantly. He literally just posted about it yesterday so he's probably the only to have heard it at this point but his designs are well tested and have been received by the market favorably so I'd bet it does as he says. The metrum is very sensitive to power and jitter...clean them both up and you can't beat it.

jcote,

Where did you read that? That sounds very interesting, and as an owner of a Metrum and AP2, I have to say that I'm very happy with the sound, but I'd love to take it up a notch!

---Michael

Mjm6 - you may try replacing the RCA digital input connector with a true 75 Ohm BNC one. Then you may try fitting WBT NextGen RCAs for the analog out.

I find it sounds great with a Halide Bridge, or from my Squeezebox Touch with the enhanced digital out. Haven't tried the Audiophilio, but I probably will.

By all means try it. You will be stunned. I have both the Halide and AP1, and the difference is not subtle.