Mojo Audio Mystique EVO

I hear the very same improvements. The top to bottom perfect balance and every frequency in proper and right balance is something this dac really excels at. My music never sounds loud anymore. No matter how much I turn it up the music sounds right and never loud. It grows and swells filling the space and I can feel the impact, but it never sounds pushed or “loud”.

No matter how much I turn it up the music sounds right and never loud. It grows and swells filling the space and I can feel the impact, but it never sounds pushed or “loud”.

I totally agree.  I'm playing louder than normal (about +10db) as well and the sound only becomes fuller - never strained nor distorted.  And while playing at higher than my normal volume, I can hear more of the delicate details and dynamics of this excellent DAC.

I live in Vero Beach, FL.  If anyone would like to have a listen, you're more than welcome to come by.  Or, I can come to you and bring the EVO - I love hearing different systems and meeting people.

I’m playing louder than normal (about +10db) as well and the sound only becomes fuller - never strained nor distorted. And while playing at higher than my normal volume, I can hear more of the delicate details and dynamics of this excellent DAC.

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That’s what a "good" R2R Dac does, discrete or chip. On a system that handle’s it.
It gives incredible punch and definition (boogie factor) to the bass yet a rich/fullness to the mids and above, all you want to do is turn it up.
Then suddenly your amp runs out of steam on a dynamic swing, you realize, your wife, and your neighbors say "wow" I went too far this time, That Was Loud!!.

Mojo
Our Mystique EVO digital-to-analog converter is a no-compromise design incorporating ultra-purist non-oversampling direct-coupled R2R topology.

Cheers George

+1 Exactly my experience lately.  

I just grabbed a used Mystique V3 Balanced this week and it is incoming. 

It will be my first R2R DAC and I'm excited to try it vs my recent handful of DACs (SimAudio, Bricasti, Topping, and currently RME).

I'll be using the SPDIF interface from a Roon endpoint (Raspberry Pi based).