MHDT Orchid versus MHDT Pagoda..which one is best?...and why?

Hi Phil,
Any idea where the MHDT Canary lies in the euphonic scale, as compared to the Orchid?

It's been quite awhile since I last listened through a Canary, and haven't heard the Orchid & Canary juxtaposed for listening. Note also that Canary is substantially less expensive than Orchid, which I assume is largely due to the 1541 chip being scarcer and more expensive than the 1545. Canary has discrete transistors current>voltage conversion whereas Orchid has an opamp in that role.

My memory of the two is that Orchid is essentially a richer-toned Canary. I consider them about equally euphonic (as in forgiving, and "wrong" in a good way) but Orchid is more vivid and I think dynamically it has more slam.

Phil

I really want to thank 213 cobra for the information on the different MHDT dacs.  A really nice informative discussion on the chracteristics of the 2 differnt dacs. It was an wonderful discussion
thank you so  much. It helped me steer a "newbie" to our hobby to this post.
Best wishes
Charlie

Happy to help. -Phil

I'm gong to enter this post on this thread merely to help it rise once again in the lineup and ask if anyone has any new experience to share here, since the thread was last active in August of 2021. (Gee how time flies!)

Any experience to share here? Anyone?