Looking for a balanced upsampling DAC under 1k

I'm looking for something that's slightly warm from neutral. (NOT the Benchmark DAC1) It needs to have balanced XLR outputs.)

nemesis121802-09-2012 7:30pm

zmanastronomy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 738 posts 02-10-2012 at 03:38am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete An upsampling DAC at that price will not be as involving as a NOS DAC. Vary artificial sounding. No immediacy.
marakanetz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,473 posts 02-10-2012 at 03:50pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wyred4Sound Dac1 is all you need(unless you need USB)
stickman451 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 553 posts 02-10-2012 at 11:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Or, a PS Audio DL III; only does 44/16bit on usb however. Toslink-in sounds excellent using my Macbook Pro as source and the Toslink will do 96/24 bit files.
soundmark1 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 14 posts 02-11-2012 at 09:02am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Or, the Cambridge Audio DAC-Magic +?
eleet Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 24 posts 02-11-2012 at 03:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I assume there was some sort of technical glitch with your original thread so here is a working link to the extensive discussion of the Yulong D-18. To reiterate, it uses the 32-bit Sabre ES9018 chip, is fully balanced, has a slightly warm sound (unlike the Benchmark) and has been receiving some very positive reviews.