Whats the best Tube Dac, people have heard. There's plenty of good ones out there, Audio Logic, Altis Reference, Kora Hermes, Melos Maxx Tube Dac, AudioNote, VAC, Jadis.
The Sonic Frontiers Processor 3 Dac, is incredible sounding. The Sonic Frontiers SFD 2 MK II Dac, with 4 Amperex 7308 tubes, sounds almost as good as the processor 3 Dac
The Audio Note DAC 5 on normal 44.1 CD fare outperforms the SACD-1 on SACD. Auditioned an Audio Note DAC 3 with CEC transport through Sphinx solid-state pre and power with KEF Reference loudspeakers. The lower-end extension was incredible: the dealer and I turned the Sphinx amps up very loud to scare away some drunks hanging out in front of the store (music: some modern ballet music with a long doublee bass intro). Very little hiss, and the contours were precise. The sound gave the impression of a gigantic volcano garden.
Had a number of dacs over the years, from CAL, EAD, even the might Forsell, but in my opinion, nothing beats the AN dacs esp at their price points. They are that good!
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