I’ll make your decision easy. Listen to the Eversolo DMP-A8. You’ll fall in love with the sound and the feature set is fantastic.
R2R next? Don't like ESS
Can you recommend a good 'starter' R2R dac? I've been through a number of ESS Sabre dacs and they're not for me. IMO, they lack a certain transparency that I'm after. Point of reference: The *only* dac that I've heard that is decent to my ears is a 10yr old Maverick Audio D3 w/ Sparkos OpAmp swap. *This* was great. Alas, I sold it because I thought I could do better with something newer.
Geshelli's offerings have piqued my interest - the J3 in particular - but it's an ESS chip. Wondering if I should make the jump to something R2R - Denafrips, Broder Patrol.. thoughts?
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@audioisgr8 I also own the Eversolo DMP-A8 (owned the lesser versions as well) the dac in the A8 is no match for the Pontus 15th. Absolutely love the all the A8 streamer/capability however the Venus 12th (now Pontus 15th) cost 2x the A8 and truly does perform like it. All that being said the Eversolo A8 dac is great but the Pontus 15th is a night and day improvement in the dac department. |
Another +1 for the Schiit Bifrost 2/64. I originally purchased the Bifrost 2 before the /64 upgrade, but I did upgrade mine when it came out; I was quite pleased with the product. Recently, however, I purchased the Gungnir 2, well under $2K, for my main system and it made a further improvement in its sound reproduction quality. I have "retired" the Bifrost 2/64 to my office system, a Mac Mini M4Pro, NAD integrated amplifier (356BEE), Infinity Modulus satellites (ca. 1992), and DefTech Supercube 6000, and it does superbly. Schiit offers a trial period, with a restocking fee of five percent. |
I would suggest the Audio Mirror TUBADOUR III SE or the TUBADOUR V very nice R2R dacs. Sounds very close to my vinyl rig. |
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