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Ideon DAC's

Been looking for a DAC/Streamer for about 1 year and still have not decided on one. My system is pretty basic, which started out as a dedicated home theater and decided I want to stream music. Currently streaming from Qobuz from via my IPad.

I was introduced to Ideon (never heard of previously). Was thinking of the following two products. Ayazi or Ion dac+ preamp with a Bluesound node.

Current system is as follows:

ATI 4005 amp

Marantz AV7706 processor

Sonus Faber Sonneto V Speakers

Any input  or other recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

singere
gregm
3,399 posts
 

Hi @singere

I purchased my Epsilon at the 2022 Hi-End show in Munich. I bought the actual show piece...

(Previously, it was the consultant who supplied me with the Ayazi.)

I found the Ion DAC+pre very good, definitely in the upper echelons of high-end. Regards

singere OP
26 posts
 

Audioman58 - to answer your question regarding Ideon - they do not have a combo Dac streamer.

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jeffseight
574 posts
 

Who buys a DAC/Streamer if spending over $2k?

badgerdms
158 posts
 

I tried the Ayazi with the 3R Master Time Black Star (along with a bunch of other stuff) with my Fleetwood Deville SQs, Backert Labs Rhythm 1.3 and McGary Amp.  The bottom line is I did not love it.  I got to go back and forth between the Ideon stack and a Merson DAC1 and liked the Merason much, much better in my system. Streaming came from an Innuos Zenith MkIII server and also a Sonore Optical Rendu.

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shkong78
1,470 posts
 

I had auditioned both Absolute and Ion Dac at home.

 

Although Absolute belongs to the elite class of Dac,  Ion could be better value.

 

Ion approach 80 % of performance at less than half price.

 

 

Server was Aurender N20.

Thomas

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