Tube DAC Recommendations

Dear Ddelisle911,

IMHO, the best DACs in the actual market are the Concert Fidelity DAC-040 tube vacuum d/a converter

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0809/concert_fidelity_dac_040.htm

and the Wavelength Audio Crimson HS USB DAC (with silver transformers)

http://www.audiostream.com/content/wavelength-audio-crimson-hs-usb-dac

I know that with the first you can’t run Hi-rez file and the second is out of your budget, but the solution (IMHO) It could be the wonderful Metronome Technologie C2A that you can find used for about 7000USD.

I hope this help you.

Best regards,

the owner of audio logic,jerry osment passed away a few years ago ,i had his 52 that was fantastic but all good things come to an end

Rtilden-
Thank you for your comments. My aim with this DAC is to bring some warmness to the music since every other componet is digital. In regards to the CD player; does it full fill your expectations?

Hi, I haven't heard the Jadis JS2 tube dac, but i did hear the Jadis JS1 tube dac with the separate power supply that has tubes in it. That is one of the most analog sounding tube dacs.
I think that Jadis dac might have been designed by Jerry Ozment who sadly passed away 2 years ago.
I also love the Audio Logic 34MXL tube dac designed by Jerry. That Audio Logic Dac sounds sweet.
Some other tube dacs i'v heard that i like are the Audio Aero Prima tube dac. 6moons did a good review on it.
I also like the Accustic Arts Tube dac.
My friend used to have the Kora Hermes tube dac about 7 years ago which was a really good tube dac. I dont know if Kora still distributes here in the U.S.

Here's a good thread on here where people compare Accustic Arts Tube dac to the Audio Aero Capitole tube cd player.
The Audio Aero Prima dac is the same tube dac used in the Audio Aero Capitole cd players.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1233644665&read&keyw&zzaudio=aero