Wyred for Sound DAC 2 or Peachtree Nova

I'm looking for a new dac to replace my Bel Canto Dac 3. I would use the Nova as a Dac preamp only. What do you think?

philefreak05-20-2010 8:55pm

face Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 516 posts 07-05-2010 at 09:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The DAC-2 has better transparency, dynamics, and a much larger soundstage in my system, YMMV.
audiowoman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 249 posts 07-06-2010 at 06:04am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Face: Is there a sonic difference between the dac1 and the dac2? I am very interested in getting one of these, just not sure which one to go for.
face Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 516 posts 07-06-2010 at 04:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I should be hearing them back to back this or next week. From memory, they do sound very similar though.
mingles Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 796 posts 10-12-2010 at 04:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Philefreak, what did you decide to replace your Bel Canto DAC3 with? Did you go with a new W4S DAC?
philefreak OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 423 posts 10-25-2010 at 04:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mingles, I did replace the Bel Canto with the W4S Dac. It's no contest between the two. I really didn't expect as much of a difference as I found. Without going into a lot of hoopla, let's just say that the W4S bettered the Dac 3 in every category. The W4S will take 500 hrs of break in to really smooth out and settle down from the break in irregularities.