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Recommend a DAC for my system....please.

Hard for me to audition because I don't know where to start. I pretty much have the HT area covered, now I need a NICE musical dac somewhere around the $3k area. New or used. I was thinking about the Levinson 36/36s.
My listening taste depends on my mood, mostly jazz, bossa nova, pop, etc... but NO rap.
It'd be great if I can be satisfied with this dac for a long, long time. Any thoughts????

Much appreciated...
jose21
sternart
34 posts
 
I'm in the same club as Lafish. I've owned both the SFD2mkII
and still have the Processor 3. Good value used, great parts quality, & you can fine tune them with tube choice. SFD2'mkIIs are like $1500. used, an incredible deal IMO....add something like a used Genesis Digital Lens (also a used steal, these things really work on jitter) and you will have a very musical DAC. The Processor 3 is indeed a notch better, separate power supply etc. Both recommended!!
jose21 OP
93 posts
 
Thanks to everyone so far.

Platypus, why do you think that the Levinsons are a bad choice?

Any comments on the Kora Hermes?
soix
9,702 posts
 
Sounds like you're trying to make the speakers sound better for music by using a DAC and cables as bandaids -- a very expensive and often frustrating proposition. If you're looking at spending that much money you might be better served to buy new speakers that work for you both musically and with HT. Just another thought...

Best of luck.
jose21 OP
93 posts
 
Soix,
Thanks for the thought. I've pondered that situation but for HT, which is my priority(65%), nothing IMO beats the NHT VT3s. Ever heard 'em?
Got an Audio Note dac 2.1x coming in this weekend. A little excited to say the least...
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