I have had a Terminator Plus since before the price increase and well before the 12th anniversary. For the money, and on an absolute basis, it is a great DAC. That is especially my opinion, if you are into detail. This DAC and my Denafrips Gaia DDC has been dominating the DAC spot in my rig over my Chord DAVE for sometime. I think that says something, at least to me, since this is all about personal taste. As for the 12th anniversary, I have not compared the 12th anniversary version to my DAC. But with the price differential, I think there is likely not enough of a value proposition to upgrade. But for a first time buyer, depending on your budget, it may be worth a shot. Having said that, from my recollection of the reviews, the best performance for the money may come from the Venus.
Denafrips 12 anniversary
I have heard Denafrips new 12 th anniversary Terminator+
it is $1000 more ,and just slightly better a bit warmer and slightly more refined in detail , then the previous + another guy in are multi state audio club the The terminator 12 anniversary and compared to the T2/ and price only $300 more this is a far better deal the 12+ anniversary now $7500 Waay overpriced it is 98% thesame as the regular terminator2 ,12 anniversary .
you can buy the HoloSprings May KTE for under $6k
the Terminator2-12 anniversary is by far the best bargain out there and being under $5k. A Best Buy , I would have bought the + dac if it just went up $3-400 like it’s sibling ,a bit greedy ,and the Steve huff review ,almost a carbon copy of the previous + dac review it’s your $$ just our viewpoint from a value ,performance perspective.
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I listen to a lot of dacs and equipment throughout north east get together I finally found a breakthrough dac highly advanced. And has implementation forHQ player through a high end computer and cleans all incoming signals from jitter on. Several levels the T&A 200 Dac Yes it’s around $7k retail but vs both the Holo springs May, and terminator 12 th + dac. Thie. T& A dac was better then even my friends Bricasti M1-SE which is excellent , anyone looking for agreat dac witha lot of built in flexibility and great class A preamp section also and remote ,VUmeters is actually a bargain .i am saving for it as we speak , German build Quality , no more China !! |
No doubt that the T+A 200 DAC is receiving much high praise from more and more reviewers. They all seem to be extremely impressed. Purely based on sonic ground, rather than feature/flexibility it’d be interesting to compare with the Lessloss Echo R2R DAC. Both are said to sound exceptionally well. Charles |
@charles1dad Has anyone compared the Lessloss DAC to the Terminator? |
That's great to hear. Would you mind elaborating a little on the system(s) you compared those DACs on, and in which ways you feel the T+A 200DAC are better (and is there any area (if at all) you feel the R2R might have an upper hand? Just curious to learnt from people who did direct comparison. Thanks |
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