I have many many dacs, and as others have mentioned. In your price range it would be tough to beat the dCS offerings. I have both the Bartok and a Rossini+Clock and they are miles better than anything else I have tried. Smooth, detailed, never bright or harsh, and have several filters to fine tune.
Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed?
Problem
System is nicely transparant and detailed, but tends to get bright and harsh with certain (rock) recordings and at higher volume levels.
Objective
Nudge the system towards a sweeter, richer, more relaxed presentation.
Proposed solution / first step
Upgrade to a (tube based) DAC, budget $25-40k.
Current chain
- ROON Nucleus
- Mola Mola Tambaqui
- Gryphon Essence pre amp
- Gryphon Essence monoblocks
- Focal Stella Utopia EVO
- Full loom of Triode Wire Labs cables
- Dedicated power line straight into Puritan PSM156 mains filter
- System resides in the living room with some diffusors but no absorption other than sofas, chairs, and some rugs.
On my radar
Lampizator Pacific (or Golden Gate 2 since I heard it's more "tube-like")
Aries Cerat Kassandra 2 Ref or Sig
— What other DACs should I consider?
— Do you think upgrading to another (tube based) DAC will achieve that sweeter, richer, more relaxed presentation?
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@invalid :
That’s just one of the previous usernames of this sick dude. Since he mentioned me by name, unprovoked, here is the full list of all his usernames he has used here in the past, all banned (I am sure I am missing some):
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Keep deflecting. Inquiring minds want to know: why do you keep coming back here? 13 times is a bit too much. What’s your purpose in life?
And I am hijacking the thread? 😂. You are hijacking every single thread here. And it’s clear you will continue to do it until it becomes completely a PITA for anyone to post any impressions here, without you “debunking “ it. Which is in fact, your ultimate goal of what you are doing here. And dude! 13 times?! |
Frozen1976 you said a mouthful I’ve fought the rock issue of brightness since I had Thiel Speakers ,very revealing , and metal tweeters The more revealing your speakers with all solid state, especially , the rock becomes tough to accept. You have a “wow” setup ,with the focal evo’s, especially revealing Anyway, I’m especially happy now with tonal balance for old rock. my top rock album brightness reducers: 1) run Roon and convert to DSD files,vs pcm 2) went to CJ ET3 preamp ,and rolled tube 3) Used pre to amp IC to Cardas Parsec 4)Adjust sub woofer to BBC bump at 100 hz with 6-9 db bump (100-250 hz warms up tonal balance - can do in Roon esp)
good luck
jeff
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