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2k to 4k Streaming DAC

I have a Anthem STR Integrated amp with floor standing Focal Aria 936 speakers. I have been using a Oppo BD-105 for streaming Tidal via XLR. I had a Pro-Ject Pre Box 2 Digital that I hooked up to the Anthem via RCA out and used a laptop to stream Tidal Masters and it sounded a whole lot better. I want to use an ipad to stream Tidal MQA files and think a new DAC with streaming would do that. I have read about Mytek and Element X.Are there others I should look at.
airmanmike54
p05129
500 posts
 
Digital is not perfect, but it’s very very good when you have the right equipment. $200 will get you a low-fi dac at best, good for background music, but that’s it.
I prefer network attached dacs based on FPGA with dsd/mqa capability
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fuzztone
5,598 posts
 
DSD good
MQA bad
gtahan
7 posts
 
Lumin T2 is an excellent choice for MQA/Tidal/Qobuz/NAS/DSD/Roon with very user friendly iPad application.
kennyc
1,472 posts
 
@airmanmike54,
what’s your budget for the DAC?  
New or used?  
Is MQA a requirement?
surfmuz
399 posts
 
Teac NT-505 is highly recommend ! I have one for about six months with V1.22 firmware update Installed from Japanese website. The new (White) control App from Linn is just excellent with it. 
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