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I am looking to add an external DAC to my 1989 California Audio Lab Icon Mkii. I have been looking at Mytek Liberty vs Chord Qutest but have not been able to demo either.  I am open to other suggestions as well.
Anyone have any experience with the Liberty or Qutest?
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phcollie
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https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/master-sinad-distortion-comparison-graph-for-dacs.4814/

Did not see the liberty but He did do a detailed review on the Chord. (Below)
Good Luck.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-chord-qutest-dac.5981/
jackd
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http://www.musicalparadise.ca/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=97
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georgehifi
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For a cheap $350usd discrete R2R dac, this "could" be good, a tech friend bought 5 of them and resold them here in Au to his customers, all new owners said it’s a no brainer for the money.
https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac

https://darko.audio/2018/06/airist-audios-r-2r-dac-350-via-massdrop/

Cheers George

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d2girls
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I'm also looking for a new dac around this price range. Would need to outperform the DA2 module in my mcintosh preamp and preferably have ethernet input so I can connect it to my NAS server which contains my music library.
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