The MHDT Orchid is very natural and unforced sounding. Nice detail and warmth at the same time. No tube softness. It is an easy best buy at anywhere near its price. Upgrade the output caps to Jupiter or Miflex copper foils and get the WE tube. No reason to spend more for great sound. This dac gives you dynamics, big stage size, detail, deep bass, smooth highs and fully fleshed out mids.
$1300-1500 DAC
I’m thinking of adding an external DAC to my secondary system. I’m running a bluesound node 2i, RCA out to a Schiit freya+, RCA out to an Accuphase P-250 (beautifully restored) amp, to a pair of ascend acoustics Sierra 2ex. It already sounds awesome, but y’all know how this is... I want more.
Im looking at a Schiit Gungnir Multibit... the price is right and it’s well reviewed.
I will say that, in my main system I use a Simaudio Moon 280d and it’s awesome.
Any thoughts? What else should I be looking at?
Im looking at a Schiit Gungnir Multibit... the price is right and it’s well reviewed.
I will say that, in my main system I use a Simaudio Moon 280d and it’s awesome.
Any thoughts? What else should I be looking at?
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I have the Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE and love it. In an ideal world I would have done a shootout between it, the Orchid, and Jolida's Black Glass FX Tube DAC DSD. The AM has been loved by everyone who tried it here... https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/another-new-dac-audio-mirror The Orchid became Terry London's (teajay) reference piece after he reviewed it... https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/mhdtlab/ And the Jolida/Black Glass is a crazy good value at $649 (check the dealer ads on USAMart), and won a recent audio club DAC shootout vs some much more expensive equipment... https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/dac-it-out-shootout-august-24th-saturday-11-3pm-scottsdale-az |
I chose the Tubadour because it had an I2S input and I view that as the single best way to get music into a DAC. Bought a Magna Mano streamer to accomplish that goal and love the combination. P.S. I really wish I could test these vs. two big boys (the Chord Dave, and Bricasti M3). If anyone's in the front range area and would like to compare DACs, I'd love to... |
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