You could try some of the newer dacs that has gotten good reviews. Like the Lab12. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-dac-that-crushes-price-vs-performance-ratio |
I have had Dave in my system. Great Dac but for me a NOS DAC (Metrum Adagio) won the contest over all the others Dacs I have tried so far. Saved me also 3K in direct comparison with the save and even more on the MSB. I would recommend in general to try some NOS dacs . Mayby you already don so. Look also below your budget range and not at the Usual Suspects. The DENAFRIPS Terminator was not around yet when I bought my new Dac. It does NOS , OS and DSD. The Rockna Wavedream does the same. I have no need to change the Metrum it’s already at the level I can live with for many years to come. But those two Dacs would be on my list of options for shure. |
@ricred1, I would like to suggest you take a look at the Mola Mola Tambaqui when it arrives later this month I understand. Going by the performance of the Mola Mola Makua (pre with dac module) it will be extremely good. Price £9k in the U.K. Not sure if you are aware but there is a comparison between Dave and Makua in the Computer Audiophile Forum which might be worth reading. |
I've owned a PS Audio
Directstream, Bricasti M1, Jeff Rowland Aeris, Chord Dave, and today I
auditioned the Rockna Wavedream Edition DAC. Out of all of the DACs I've
heard, I could easily live with the Aeris, Dave, or Wavedream. The
Wavedream only has a couple hours on it, but from the first note it
sounds like a more transparent Chord Dave to my ears. My wife said it
sounds just like the Dave. It's my understanding that the Wavedream only
has 20 hours on it. Like a true audiophile with "issues", I'm saying to myself, if at $8300
list the Rockna Wavedream Edition sounds this good, how good does their
$16K Signature DAC sound? More to follow.
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