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dCS Bartok vs Aurender A20

These two appear to be direct competitors in functionality and price, yet I can find no comparison discussions or reviews. Any A’goner’s with experience care to chime in on SQ and amp synergy?

They are both TOTL streamer/dac/pre’s with headphone output. with different but excellent OS’s. dCS does MQA but that’s a distraction not a comparison point. Pros and cons of dCS/roon vs Aurender Conductor are well documented, no need to rehash that.

If you’ve listened to both and found good amplifier pairing, please share your experience.

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dhite71
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@tcbrinkley Did you ever get any more info?  I ended up with an A20 and it is great but still want to try a Bartok APEX.  Let us know if you get the chance to compare or get any intel

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brandan
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@dhite71 did you ever try the DCS? 

dhite71
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I have not!  The closest I came was taking my A20 over to a guys house with a Bartok non Apex to compare. We were rushed and he also had a separate streamer that I forgot the brand. We both thought it was very close but truly did not spend enough time to know. 

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