as @mesch said, the naive come here and seek recommendations for what’s ’better’, without articulating what that means in their application
the pontus is the warmest toned of all the dena dacs, lots of mid and midbass ’bloom’, somewhat laid back treble, so if you have a lean system, for instance, solid state amps driving b&w’s or monitor audio’s then it could well bring you modicum of body and full tone to the music
otoh, if you have a warmer system lacking impact and speed, say, a typical tube amp driving harbeths or vandy's -- then a chord unit will bring a greater sense of ’life’, rhythm and speed to go along with the lovely midrange tonality
’better’ in high end hifi is meaningful in an ’applied’ sense, more than ’intrinsically’, when you are dealing with quality items
