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Thinking about getting a R2R DAC

Dear community,

I currently have a chord qutest DAC. I like it a lot, very full sound, accurate detailed and exciting.  However, whenever I go back to vinyl (with a well-recorded nice pressing) I find the sound so much more satisfying.  There is a warmth, yes, but there is a presence, a 'there-ness' that I just don't get with the digital.  I'm wondering if an R2R DAC would get me closer to that?  my budget would be around the same as the qutest.  I was looking at the MHDT Orchid or the Border Patrol.  Don't get me wrong, I really like the Qutest.  I am thinking of putting it in the upstairs system to pair with the Node2i I have up there.  Any thoughts?  Will analog always just be a different animal than digital?

Currently in the main system I have a Sonore uRendu feeding the Qutest which is going to a LTA MZ2 going to a Pass XA 30.5

thanks!
adam8179
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snatex
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@jjss49 

How would you rank the Black Ice, Qutest (w/o MScaler), Codex and Orchid? Any others under $2k with a small footprint that stand out? 
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thyname
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Hey Dannad: you never answered my questions. What is YOUR DAC?

Also, the other question you did not answer: why did you have to switch your Audiogon handles from AtDavid first, then Roberttid, now Dannad? Why did they ban you? Twice!
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thyname
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Here. Same keyboard jockey, different usernames:

https://forum.audiogon.com/users/roberttdid

https://forum.audiogon.com/users/atdavid

These two “guys” banned.

Now rises from the ashes to save us all poor souls, the messiah:

https://forum.audiogon.com/users/dannad

Hallelujah!

For some reason, all these “personas” have zero feedback here. Nada. Nothing under Systems either. Just hundreds of posts in the Forum section, over a short period of time. So yes! Definitely keyboard warrior likely writing from mom’s basement, with a powerful google machine at hand. 

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