dacs that I have had in my system - a listing

That’s an amazing list of dacs @jjss49 holy cow! Thanks for sharing.

Did you have something close to a control reference system you used to evaluate most of these or did you change speakers and amps too in parallel at times?

The reason I ask is I’ve changed other things in my system at times that sometimes makes me want to go back and retry some dacs I had before.

[btw] I always wondered how some of Frank’s older dacs sounded, never heard one, you answered that too. I'm sort of into wanting to retry some of the older dacs again with other amp, speaker, tube changes I've made since. Thx.

Thanks for taking the time to share all this info for posterity and being willing to answer all the inevitable questions that will come !  Have you had a standard streamer to test them with or have your tried a bunch of those also? 

You are clearly in a completely different pursuit than I am. 

@jjss49 

Thanks for the list. The questions are piling up. But here's a couple easy ones:

Q. Why do you try so many DAC's from the same company? E.g. there are many MHDT, Schiit, Metrum, Denafrips DACs there -- why? Do they really vary so much?

Oh - and no Mojo or Holo Audio DAC?

@jjss49 

Great list! Legit proof (needed by some out there) that all dacs are not created equal. I’m interested in knowing more about your comment above-

“dacs are set up in a/b and even a/b/c configuration, easily switchable to allow comparison when needed”

Can you share more on how your going about that and how you avoid any additional tonal coloration or distortion in the approach?
In my system I can switch between four dacs at a time from a single source with no noticeable affects (once level matched)- just curious about your approach.