another question to ask is: "are entry level tube dacs hard to find " ?
Is the ''entry level'' DAC becoming extinct ?
The recent crop of Blu-ray players by Oppo and Cambridge Audio (752BD) as well as CD players are now giving access to their internal DACS, providing surprisingly good quality sound.
Just wondering how this will impact on the sale of the DacMagics and r-dacs types out there ?
I basically see it as head-on competition, and a win for the new access-in-the-box machines.
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Actually, I did have an HRT Streamer in my system for a week on loan, to my ears anyways, it was nowhere near as musical or as resolving as the DacMagic Plus. But then again, I had this on some pretty high-resolving speakers. I still think that $600 to $ 1,200 is ''entry level'', considering the ridiculous prices going on in the ''high end''. I guess it all depends, as usual. Some reviewers talk about ''entry level'' $ 3,000 phonostages and tonearms.... |
Mrtennis - there are some entry level tube DACs available, for example from Grant Fidelity (Chinese), Jolida (American, made in China) and Music Hall. Grant Fidelity TubeDAC 11 Jolida FX Tube DAC Music Hall DAC 25.3 I am sure there are more. Those are just the ones off the top of my head. The D to A is still done by a SS chip (I think these all use Burr-Brown chips), but the output goes through a tube output state. |
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