Regarding dacs used to hear the Hegel 200,300
We did not use the Hegel internal dac ,it is decent but the Meitner Ma-1
We used is in another catagory.the sonic balance I described is accurate.
The only thing I am doing next is buying a balanced set of MIT -HD23
Interconnects which are excellent to see how much better XLR cables sound on the Hegel.
One guy said it is the ticket for best sound on the Hegel .make sure the
Other dac, or player is fully balanced down stream to reap the benefits.