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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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The Topping D70S is a Giant killer ,and to make it better still buy a small synergistic orange fuse 500 Ma, slow blow with the writing facing down ,direction of the electrical flow https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVxHdLt9Jo&t=362s |
Without question not to be overlooked and built like a tank anyone thinking that powersupplies and filtering in digital isnot that important knows very little about digital ,digital by far is the most sensitive to noise being so low voltage the Audio GD line are a exceptional line . this have a Big following in Europe.I lived there and knew about them 10 years ago ,they have progressed dramatically. the R2R dac Underwood Wally is selling is a steal at $1195 delivered. There is nothing in its price class it’s power supply alone weighs more then most dacs in the $1k range yes better then the Denafrips Arias 2 dac IMO. I read on other forums several years ago it didnot Measure as good as others ,well guess what it sounded very natural many cheap solidstate items measure great but sound like crap. a vacuum tube amplifier a perfect example of the press saying vacuum tube is washed up solid state measures much better but it means nothing ,its design has its own filtering scheme remember that and many different ways to measure a circuit Getting back to Audio GD ,a 2 year warranty shipped and serviced in the U.S .it sounds powerful but natural .their upper end gear even better still. |
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