Bricasti should IMO be on your list
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+1, @tomic601, I agree the Bricasti DAC should be on your list. My Bricasti M21 DAC is in my main audio system and it is truly outstanding. It offers both a sigma delta conversion and a ladder DAC. I switched back and forth and decided the ladder DAC sounds the best. I previously owned the Bricasti M1SE DAC and the M21 DAC sounds much better. I was very impressed. My source is the Aurender N10 Music Server. |
rfc OP This could be more like R2R Multibit vs Delta Sigma, as the RingDac in the DCS is said to be very much like delta sigma but for a couple of bits of R2R thrown in, much like the Hybrid "advance segment" chips Texas(BB) has out for a while now PCM179** series, as they are the differences you’ll be hearing, as both will have excellent output stages, jitter figures ect ect BTW My money's on the MSB for the best PCM Redbook 16/44/24/96 or DXD reproduction, but if your doing DSD then you should A/B the two, as some of the Discrete R2R dacs are said to be converting DSD very good also. Cheers George |
I was just at an audio show. Many rooms used dCS players but mostly Vivaldi and it sounded great. Another contender that I heard and have heard before is the Kalista Dreamplay Stream. It sounds wonderful. http://www.kalista.audio/en/collections/dreamplay-stream/ |
I had the dCS Bartok home for a demo. Loved how it sounded, easily beat my Naim NDS into my Naim 252 preamp. Not so sure about direct into my ATC 40A active speakers. It was good, really good. I needed more time to play with the Bartok settings to find a correct balance. Looks like I will make to change to the Bartok, if need be, I will add a preamp latter. |
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