musician aquarius r2r dac any good?

@daledeee1 I was curious to test Lampizator tube DACs, but have not gotten around to it yet because the local dealer was quite out of the way. The simple reason that we keep hearing Denafrips and Musician being recommended is simply because they had been aggressive in providing review units to reviewers and media. And it helps also the DACs really punch above their price point. 

I mean, yes, there are better DACs than Musician Aquarius and Denafrips Terminator Plus (disclaimer: have not heard Terminator Plus yet), but most of them are prohibitively expensive like Mola Mola Tambaqui and MSB Discrete, though some of them have quietly dropped their price realizing the competition. Aqua La Scala MKII is actually cheaper than Terminator Plus in my city. These other brands are definitely more niche and depend more on word of mouth for marketing, but if you are fortunate enough to have local dealers definitely should give them a listen. I recently replaced my Pegasus with Lab12 Reference Dac1 and I could not be happier. 

apl dsd ar dac -  some say blows away everithing in his price range.

'blows away"

....and there it is....

Same person was looking for feedback on that same DAC and there were zero reply’s. I guess it is mostly found in Europe. May be but until I hear on I will be keeping my Moon 680D.

@auroravengeance

I have read very good things about the made in Greece Lab 12 DAC Reference. Also similarly good comments about the Abbas (What’s best forum thread) DACs. Both of these being reasonably priced small European manufacturers.

Charles