The ART D-I/O DAC that was hugely popular a couple of years ago had a very high output. I think it was possibly even more than 5 volts. There were lots of mods performed on these too.
Monarchy audio 22A/B/C. It has internal jumpers to configure for low or high output voltage. The high setting is very high. I use the low setting to give better volume control on my preamp. It's a pretty nice DAC, too, provided it's fed a low jitter signal.
Hi, I've personally found, and many other here have also mentioned too, that the California Audio Labs (CAL Alpha DAC thows a quite hot output signal.
Factory rated at 3.5V, some have said it's closer to actually being 4V. A $1450 Tube DAC when it sold new (2-12AX7A) they can be had for around $400-$500. I pair $450 for my mint Alpha right here. Mark
Thanks for the great suggestions. Now, which of these DACs would produce deep, dynamic and controlled bass? This DAC would only be used for frequencies below 200 Hz, so midrange and treble reproduction is irrelevant here.
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