TEAC NT-505
there shall be only one....
there shall be only one....
$1300-1500 DAC
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... |