Dac that has tone and timing?
I’m hoping to see if anyone has experience and has found a dac that nails both a "meat on the bones" presentation that also preserves the leading edges of notes and maintains pace, rhythm, and timing. In general, it seems that tonally dense dacs tend to have rounded-off leading edges of notes, and dacs with great PRAT have a leaner tonality. I’d love it under $5k but willing to spend more if necessary.
Hmm the DAC built into my Cambridge Evo 150 would seem to fit the bill but the whole shebang only costs about $3K. Added Roon recently and that in particular with the Cambridge seems to deliver meat on the bones along with attack quite well. “Meat on the bones” has always been a forte of my Ohm Walsh speakers so that does not hurt. |
you raise a great point, i forgot about the ank 4.1 i had... splendid sound, definitely meets the op criteria in the 2-4 grand range (5.1 a bit more $ of course) a giant of a box though, and it can’t handle sampling rates above 96k due to the rather limited input chip, but it is a lovely sounding unit |
@roxy54 +1 |
jjss49 has experienced many systems and many DACs. His list contains some very good DACs that he's actually heard and evaluated. It's hard to find advice like that from someone who has nothing to gain or lose. Critics, in print or on internet, often have reasons for recommending audio stuff that's not very good. Some people just love what they have; others may be selling stuff. Read as much as you can about any DAC you might consider.
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