Do some DACs "handle" sibilance better than others?

Thanks for all the comments. 

 

@hilde45 

I’m DAC shopping and because I’m wary of bringing in any component that might increase the potential for sibilance, Hans B’s comment caught my attention. As I said, I’d never heard a reviewer say such a thing. I don’t tend to regard his reviews as "marketing’" but am willing to accept that you may know something about him that I don’t. 

@erik_squires 

Detail has never been a top priority for me. 

@theo 

OK. Good to know. I wasn’t aware filter settings could have such an effect. 

 

I meant: "all other things being equal", can one DAC present more apparent sibilance than another?
 

@stuartk I think with DACs, especially when we’re talking $5,000 and up category, it would be extremely unlikely to have a DAC render sibilance to the levels where it would become an issue. Yes some DACs would emphasize that particular frequency range more than others but I’m fairly certain about accuracy of reproduction. It wouldn’t be an issue unless other elements contribute to it. 
Most likely room, speakers and cables will be the problem areas. So yeah it is possible but unlikely. 

I have a modest digital chain; tube DAC has some nice NOS Mullard’s 

I’ve added some room treatments and playing around with speaker positioning.

One track I like to use for testing is Rachelle Farrell “I Can Explain” - her dynamic range is crazy, piano, bass, drums are powerful. 

Moving the speakers back by about 1 foot smoothed out her vocal a lot.

http://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2823757

This begs the question, do any of you have a favorite test track that shows sibilance?

A couple of months ago I bought and subsequently sold a well reviewed preamp that I could not listen to because of the additional silence that I heard that was not there with any of three other preamps or bypassing the preamp.

Sting, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart were some of the voices. Interesting it was mostly male vocalists.