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Upgrade Hint 6?

My Parasound Hint 6 sounds amazing but I suffer from the same obsession that many of you do.  How far up the Schiit DAC food chain would I need to go to get an appreciable improvement in sound?
bartimusc
jl35
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why are you assuming the DAC is the weak spot in the Hint ? 
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bartimusc OP
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Good question.  When I stream music from my Bluesound Node 2i I do not discern a noticeable difference between the Node DAC and the Hint DAC.  Since the Node is relatively inexpensive I figured maybe a DAC upgrade would be warranted.  
auxinput
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Historically, the DAC section in the Parsound integrated has been a weak spot.  While the new HINT 6 uses a different DAC chip (ESS), it is likely that they haven't upgraded the DAC circuit itself.  Anyone have direct experience listening to the old HINT DAC side by side with the new HINT DAC?
jl35
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Also maybe the Node isn’t sending a high quality low jitter signal to the Hint 
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