musician aquarius r2r dac any good?

@charles1dad 

Thanks man.

The DAC is still being evaluated. It is definitely more relax than the Chord. But, the bass is not as fast as I used to though.

@viethluu 

It probably needs additional hours of use. But I understand, the DAC has to satisfy you, not me.😀

Charles

@viethluu I kinda hate to bring this up because it involves spending more $$$, but just saw this review and the Musician Phoenix DDC seems to take the Aquarius (and Pegasus) to a much higher level of performance. Just fyi…

https://soundnews.net/accessories/level-up-your-dac-musician-phoenix-ddc-review/

Sorry.  I’m still planning on picking up a Singxer SU-6 for my Pegasus because that also provides nice benefits, and as much as I’d love to add the Phoenix it’s just not in the budget for me. 

@soix The DDC is my project for next year, buddy. I am pretty sure the Phoenix DDC will improve the DAC further.

Food for thought, there is “Mercury Streamer” that is about to come out, converting ethernet directly to i2s. That product has the potential to destroy all DDC competition in the market. It is made in the USA as well.

@viethluu Thanks for the heads up.  If the Mercury can provide performance closer to the Phoenix at a price closer to the SU-6 I’m all in.  Hey, it’s nice being able to look forward to adding a DDC in the future knowing you’re gonna get a significant performance boost.  Not many things in audio electronics are such a sure lock.