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Denafrips Terminator vs other dacs

Hey everyone I have owned the denafrips Terminator in my system for approximately one year and am enjoying it. However I have not compared it to many other Dacs. the only one really being the Burson conductor SL 9018 and the hdv 820 and both of these were with headphones not speakers.
Initially when I was buying I was looking to spend around 4,000 and was deciding between the PS audio directstream and the Terminator and after lots of reading eventually settled on The Terminator.

So in this thread my aim is to get all the people who've either owned the Terminator or heard it to chime in on there impressions of it specifically compared to other dacs. Some of the other dacs I'm thinking of are the chord Hugo 2, tt2, Dave. The bricasti M1 SE. PS direct stream. Metrum pavane. Holo spring l3. And any other dacs that you heard that you have compared to the Terminator.

I realize that there are other threads that discuss the Terminator but I have not seen any that focus on comparing it to other dacs which is what I want this thread to be focused on.
Thank you so much.
smodtactical
dsper
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I agree with earlier posts that how a DAC sounds depends on the listener's personal audio taste and system.

Having said that, if you like Ladder DACs, try to find  a used Theta ProBasic III before shelling out $5 or 10 grand. You might be surprised what you can do for less than $1000.

My system is a Perfect Wave transport, the Theta, CJ 17LS-2, McCormack DNA 500, and Thiel CS5 speakers. All of these components were purchased on the used market over the last five years.

Thanks for listening,

Dsper


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in_shore
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I know if PS Audio stuff gets outperformed it has to be something wrong with the system it can’t be PS Audio . Lol 
smodtactical OP
982 posts
 
Thanks for the insights guys.

Anyone compare terminator to Rockna wavedream signature? From what I heard from a few friend the wavedream is nearly as good as the MSB Select 2 !
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jimski
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I've owned a Resolution Audio Cantata 3..0 ladder DAC and thought it was very good.  I didn't notice any dCS products above, like Bartok or Rossini, although the latter is 28k.
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