DAC suggestions

 Hi, I suggest you read all reviews and if possible, listen the DAC RME 2DAC FS…  There’s no DAC with so much resources and sound quality!

@sacresta Ha!  What other DACs have you compared it to?  That’s just a silly and ignorant statement. 

If you do not like brashness, avoid Topping Dacs. I find them really hard to listen to, especially for female voices.They also appear to have reliability issues. In your price range I would suggest a Denafrips. Gustard is quite good as well.

you dont need to change the dac the cary preamp is really liquid you may love the sound of your system with the cary.

dacs like the aqua are offering the liqid rich sound yoy are craving

the bricasti is a fantastic dac but it is not liquid

if yyou want warm and liquid you need an r2r dac the mojo dacs are amazing but not going for 2k the naim dacs are warm

we specialize in digital we have a lot of dacs we sell naim, t+A, nad m2 tech, Bricasti, rega, Aqua hifi,chord, avik,atoll,mojo,and 432EvO servers

dave and Troy

audiointellect NJ

dac and serverspecialists

++ Pontus II DAC at $1,800 what I own) though could also agree on the Holo Audio Spring 3 (Level 2 or KTE) or May DAC…..but they’ll run $2,500 to $3,500

Another possibility is a Soekris 2541.

The Gustard R26 is well received as well.

I may end up with an RME ADI-2 as my headphone Dac in the bedroom.

Attach my Project Stream Box S2 Ultra to it (probably a year away).