Ive been impressed with the Chord DACs and Resonnesence.
Steve N.
Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC
More expensive: Empirical Audio, dCS, Ayre, PSAudio, Playback designs, Bricasti Here is a top-tier PCM DAC shootout that has been ongoing for several years and involves many DACs (73 pages of posts): https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/absolute-top-tier-dac-for-standard-res-redbook-cd?page=73 Lower cost to consider: Sony HAP-Z1es, Wyred4sound (particularly driven using I2S), Metrum Acoustics, Rega, Bryston Have not been impressed with the pro-audio/studio DACs... |