Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed?

@invalid :

I know that's who you are, there are to many parallels.

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):

 

thynamesinnervoice

 

cindyment

 

snratio

 

yesiamjohn

 

sugabooger

 

dletch2

 

audio2design

 

dannad

 

roberttdid 

 

heaudio123

 

audiozenology

 

atdavid

 

Everyone knows you are a raging racist @thyname and I am sue they don't appreciate their thread being hijacked for your psychotic episodes.

 

 

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

 

In my experience - the transport is where it’s at - DAC comes second. With a better transport comes a better sound and edginess becomes less and less. My guess is that your DAC has much much more potential.

In my very recent experience I connected (or a competent dealer did) my cheap and somewhat edgy Metrum Octave DAC into a Grimm Audio MU1 digital front end - this totally transformed the Metrum for the better.

In a similar fashion I also fronted my DAC with a dCS Network Bridge which again took the edginess of my DAC (in fact DACs - I also have an AN 0.1x).

If I were in your shoes - I would certainly - without doubt - upgrade your transport and not your DAC.

Or, just go buy a dCS Rossini APEX (DAC and streamer) and be done with it! That thing sounds stunning.