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Any tube DACs with tight bass?

From a number of reviews of tubed DAC's, a common theme seems to be that the bass can be soft/loose/ripe/etc. I realize that one is unlikely to find Krell/Levinson/Wadia bass from such designs, but which tube DAC's give well-defined bass as well as rich, full mids? (I'm not worried about "rolled-off" highs... this is usually welcome on most CD's).
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tumbler
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Try the Musical Fidelity TriVista-21 DAC. Awesome!
twilo
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Best tube dacs I heard are.
Jadis JS-1. This is a one bit tube dac.
This Jadis is from the mid to late 90s.
It sounded so airy and smooth. The power supply was a tubed power supply.

Jadis JS-2 MkII This is the 24 bit dac version.

Metronome C1A DAC and C20 Signature Dac.
These tube dacs sound phenominal.

Musical Fidelity TRI-VISTA 21 DAC
One of the best.

Audio Logic a longtime favorite.
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rx8man
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Ditto on the Audio Logic, i just got a minty model 34 to replace my long stand-by modded Alpha, this thing really rocks out in a MAJOR way, plus it has four tubes for me to roll if i want to. It's a definate keeper.
baldeagle
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the new updated audiologic model 24 with the transformers
might be the best tube DAC any place . you will never go wrong with any audiologic product. as for bass it is as good as any DAC that i have ever heard.
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