I feel like there needs to be some Cohesity between your system and DAC. I recently went all ATC pre/amp/speakers and tried the Bluesound and absolutely hated the sound. My wife nailed it by saying it was so bright it was obnoxious. I pulled out my old Slimdevices Transporter with the AKM4396 DAC and it does a great job converting to analog. Throw a hi-Rez file at it and it is like a warm drink on a winter day.
I can tell I will need to audition future DACs on my system or it will be an expensive case of musical chairs.
I can tell I will need to audition future DACs on my system or it will be an expensive case of musical chairs.