The Schiit Bifrost 2 is quite good and well under your budget. I have a TEAC NT-505 streamer/dac, MHDT Labs Orchid, Sony TA-ZH1ES headphone amp (which includes a great DAC) to compare it to, and have owned the Auralic Vega. The Bifrost holds its own.
Options for $1k or less DAC?
Hi Everyone,
My current setup:
Spotify Connect -> HiFi Berry Dac w/ hifiberryOS -> Bottlehead Crack w/ speedball -> Sennheiser 6xx
I'd like to replace the hifiberry with a better DAC and switch over to Amazon Music HD to get increased quality of 24/192. I recently purchased a S.M.S.L Sanskrit 10th MK II was was *floored* by the difference in sound between the 2 setups.
My expectation is that the differences are mostly related to DAC with Spotify already streaming at 320bps. The differences that show up between streaming services / quality is likely minimal.
My requirements are minimal to start with:
USB input
Analog Out
Nice to have: Filters, more than 1 output.
So, where do I go from the Sanskrit?
My current setup:
Spotify Connect -> HiFi Berry Dac w/ hifiberryOS -> Bottlehead Crack w/ speedball -> Sennheiser 6xx
I'd like to replace the hifiberry with a better DAC and switch over to Amazon Music HD to get increased quality of 24/192. I recently purchased a S.M.S.L Sanskrit 10th MK II was was *floored* by the difference in sound between the 2 setups.
My expectation is that the differences are mostly related to DAC with Spotify already streaming at 320bps. The differences that show up between streaming services / quality is likely minimal.
My requirements are minimal to start with:
USB input
Analog Out
Nice to have: Filters, more than 1 output.
So, where do I go from the Sanskrit?
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