Another vote for R2R--even more so for NOS.
Another vote for MHDT Labs Orchid w/tube buffer. Very nice sound.
Another suggestion: ditch the USB input of whatever DAC you have & use coax cable coming from a SPDIF converter (there are a number of very good ones). So the USB cable goes into the converter, and coax cable comes out, going to DAC. I use a Musical Fidelity 24/192 converter w/a silver coax cable from Oyaide--and I'll never go back to USB straight into the DAC.
@alexbpm, what mods of Grannyring's do you refer to? I bought cables from him once, but didn't know he modded DACs.
Another vote for MHDT Labs Orchid w/tube buffer. Very nice sound.
Another suggestion: ditch the USB input of whatever DAC you have & use coax cable coming from a SPDIF converter (there are a number of very good ones). So the USB cable goes into the converter, and coax cable comes out, going to DAC. I use a Musical Fidelity 24/192 converter w/a silver coax cable from Oyaide--and I'll never go back to USB straight into the DAC.
@alexbpm, what mods of Grannyring's do you refer to? I bought cables from him once, but didn't know he modded DACs.