I am in the market for a dac. I am focused with two. The Schiit Bifrost or the Denafrips Ares as it both conforms to my budget. Any suggestions from experienced folks would be appreciated. I have a Rotel CD14 CD player and even with the wolfson internal dac, it sounds unengaging. I would like to liven it up with no coloration. Just straight up livelier music. I am using the Rotel with a Hegel H90 and Sonus Faber Concertino home speakers. Again, thank you for your valuable suggestions.
Best Bang for your Buck DAC ?
I just realized I’m in the market for a DAC , I don’t want to spend a fortune on a DAC either . I picked up a drangonfly cobalt a while back and am unimpressed so I moved it to my CPU and sounds really good on my system there which when I bought it figured I would do anyway since it was my first DAC purchase . There are so many DACs I have no clue , how high up on the returns chart can I go at say $1,000 before I run into heavy Diminished returns resistance. I’m open to buying used . I was thinking about a Schitt made in the states ? Anyone’s take on best bang for buck DACs?
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@twoch, duder, try not to be like me. you will get tired fast of anything under $2000..... Twoch, I agree with your assessment. There is a whole big world out there with $5,000 and up DACS. Read the end of the thread here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/dac-choices-5-000-to-7-000?page=4 What may not come through in my review is that the Mystique V3, which is like "old" now, blew away the Soekris in musicality. Just no comparison in this case between $900 new and $3,000 used. FWIW and thanks for listening, Dsper, |
very hard to find, but, if you can score a Audio Alchemy DDP-1 (dac/pre) and their PS 5 separate power supply you will be extremely happy for a very long time. I've seen the combo for ~ $1200. See the Absolute Sound review back in March 2016. I have this combo and love, love, love it, especially if/when you have a transport/player with optical outs, then get a WireWorld optical cable which is only $165 Also, Underwood HiFi has a special on the Audio GD dac/pre, similar price, but new hth |
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