Sorry, I have not done a direct A-B between these two but as a former DA-10 owner I think it's a no brainer in favor of the Lavry. In particular, the headphone output has to be a lot better than the Dacmagic.
The Dacmagic is quite well regarded to be sure but the Lavry sounds sooo good and the internal design and build quality are built to a much higher standard. The Lavry isn't pretty by any means but it's very solidly built.
Can you tell I miss my Lavry? Great sounding piece, it does a great job of making music IMHO and the fact that it was so well liked by the Naim crowd implies that it has the toe tapping PRAT thing down(while being accurate and detailed at the same time) which it definitely did in my system.
The Dacmagic is quite well regarded to be sure but the Lavry sounds sooo good and the internal design and build quality are built to a much higher standard. The Lavry isn't pretty by any means but it's very solidly built.
Can you tell I miss my Lavry? Great sounding piece, it does a great job of making music IMHO and the fact that it was so well liked by the Naim crowd implies that it has the toe tapping PRAT thing down(while being accurate and detailed at the same time) which it definitely did in my system.