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Hello, curious on everyone’s thoughts. I’m still building my system. I came across a really good deal on a Meitner MA3 dac. It’s from an authorized dealer and they offered to sell me one NIB for 7k. I have read and read about dacs and I am getting tired. Haha. I really like the Denafrips Terminator 2, Holo and the lumin T3 being the cheapest of them all. Once I factor in a streamer I am already close or over the 7k. Also I don’t need a dac for anything other then just streaming. Thank you 

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kairosman
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@lpretiring will get the R26 Monday but burn-in will take a week, I will let you know in this thread when ready to comment. BTW I had and sold a 2020 Terminator II so I have had an R2R before but sold it to get the Lampi and now I don't want to spend more than the R26 to have the R2R sound again - but I will sell the R26 if it isn't at least as good as the Termi II, though right now I don't have clue which other R2R I'd go for...

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lalitk
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@gdnrbob 

That’s a sweet setup! Thanks @thyname ​​@jjss49 for closing the loop on this mystery :-) 

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cakyol
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In my opinion, you could get a Chord Qutest for about 2k, which is one of the best DACs around, and save about 5k.

Believe me, you will never hear the difference, especially not worth a price differential of 5k, even if you have better hearing than the creature in the movie "A Quiet Place".

 

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holmz
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Believe me, you will never hear the difference, especially not worth a price differential of 5k, even if you have better hearing than the creature in the movie "A Quiet Place".

@cakyol while I agree, I worked it a bit different earlier…

I doubt I would be able to hear the difference, and I think it would be wise for the OP to try and get a good listen of it.
So for me a 2k $DAC is enough for the easy listening of what I use streaming for.

 

@shtr74sims Did you try and see if the dealer would allow you to try it, say over the weekend?

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@holmz no not yet, been a busy week. To many options haha. 

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