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I am down to the last piece of the puzzle. I am very happy with the sound of my system at this point, so I’m not sure if the DAC needs to be improved on. What I am looking for is to hear those background subtleties in the music a little more pronounced. The strum of a guitar, the stroke of the piano keys, the clicks, ticks & tingles that accompany the music. I do here that now, I just wondered if there is a way to elaborate on those background sounds (details) a bit more.
Is it the DAC that will make this happen? If it is, they say my Gustard R26 is as good as a $5K DAC, how far over that $5K do you think I have to go?
Thank you for your help and suggestions and the best to you all over the holiday season and beyond!
PS: I listen mostly to Jazz
Hearing more subtleties in your system could mean lowering your noise floor with something like CAD unit. You could also demo some different types of cables and power cords as well. Your equipment may be perfectly fine but to get that extra 10-15% improvement may require looking at the foundation of your set up. Good luck and let us know how you make out. |
The Gustard is not even close to any quality even $3k dac I owned the 26 with upgraded power cord and synergistic purple fuse , look up the T+A 200 dac- preamp it is around $7k less with discounts ,in our audio get together I have heard most Everythjng out there, I am purchasing this dac, I own a Denafrips Terminator2 which is about $4600 and is night and day better then the Gustard on Every level very realistic sounding, the T+A 200 dac takes it to another level still it competes or beats with Any dac up to $15k .see some you tube reviews then get a Demo this would be your Reference end game dac . |
@audioman58 sorry, “look up the T+A 200 dac- preamp it is around $7k less with discounts ,in our audio get together” Where do I find this get together discount? And, being a preamp, do I need my Coda preamp? |
The Ferrum Wandla (~$3k) with Ferrum's external, hybrid power supply (~$1.2k) is reportedly better than the T+A 200 and substantially less money -- unless you're playing native DSD files, in which case the T+A is better. The Weiss DAC 204 ($3.4k) is reportedly very detailed and very good in every other respect. The Berkeley mid-tier DAC (for $11k new) is reportedly more detailed than the Chord DAVE ($14k) and, according to Robert Harley at the The Absolute Sound, sounds nearly as good as Berkeley's flagship ($28k). Other component upgrades could bring out more detail, of course -- streamer for example. And cables! I bought a used Inakustik Silver cable to connect a reclocker to my Chord DAVE, and it boosted detail more than I could have ever expected. |
