Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System

Check out the Border Patrol SE-i.  R2R DAC, tube rectified power supply.  Doesn't do DSD or crazy-high PCM sampling rates, but sounds heavenly to my ears.   And, Gary is great to deal with.

debating technologies in d/a conversion as well as differing output stage types is fun fodder to banter around for audiophiles

one can muse and debate to no end (and no end result)

but at the end of the day it is about the quality of the engineering to make any chosen tech/configuration work, and the taste/ear of the designer/listener who makes and choses the product

the very best sounding dacs out there use all different methods of getting to the desired goal and level of sonic purity and signature desired

I had been using a DAVE + M Scaler as input to my Eddie Current tube headphone amp, and ended up replacing it in that chain with a Holo May R-to-R DAC, which I liked better there. I've since moved the Chord gear to my 2-channel system to replace an MSB 'Analog' DAC.... 

I've had my Musical Paradise mp DAC mk3 for a while.  It has user changeable caps (no soldering) and uses both 5 and 6.3 volt rectifiers, and 12 or 6 volt signal tubes.  You can even change the chipsets from AKM's to ESS Pros.  I've done a couple r2r's but keep going back to my MP.  It will do up to DSD 512 and will handle high sampling rates.  I like the fact that I can change to sound by swapping tubes and caps.

@hshifi -  "I would say stick to chip based DACs with tube gear"  Not sure how you came to that conclusion.  Just finished a 4 hour listening session with tube Sabre 32 bit chip dac and a R2R DHT dac in an all tube system preamp and Class A mono blocks.  We all said to each other, that not one of us has heard any system ever that sounded like this, ever.

Happy Listening.