$5K DAC OPTIONS


Looking to upgrade my Dac with $5k budget 

I’m thinking about this three options 

1. HIFI ROSE 150B

2. DANAFRIPS TERMINATOR (used) with Ifi Zen Stream 

3.MUSETEC  (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC with Ifi Zen Stream 

Anyone have experience on above dacs?

(PLS IM NOT) interested in Auralic , Lumin or Aurender

my equipments 

Speakers : Cornwall IV ,EPIC CF4 and Sony SS-M7

Amps: SimAudio Moon W8 and W7

Pream: SimAudio Moon P8

Cambridge Azur 851N and Ifi Zen Stream 

100% Tidal Hifi  streaming

I mostly listen to 70s,80s and early 90s Blues and country I do enjoy great female vocals thanks 🙏 

 

 

128x128lordrootman

Almost all recommended dacs will sound wonderful and without actually comparing side by side you will be hard pressed to tell huge differences. Myself I'd be buying made in USA for best customer support YMMV

try the w y r e d 4 sound 10th anniversary dac the reviews have been really good one of the reviewers put it up against his VPI turntable with a $5,000 Japanese cartridge and he said that it was every bit as analog sounding, cost is $4,500 US and it's bested dacs costing much more. and they also give you a money back guarantee if you don't like it you can send it back.

I bought the Mustec LKS MH-DA005 and I am very happy with it paired with Altec A7. A friend of mine preferred the Musetec to the Terminator II in his system which led me to my purchasing decision as I was looking at the Denafrips Dacs as well as the Holo Audio.