Anyone compared Merging+NADAC to other top dogs like Rockna, dcs, MSB etc.

@lalitk  Thanks for your response.

Since you have owned Rockna & EMM labs, can you provide more specifics regarding comparison between them & NADAC? You can use Musicality, transparency, realism as the pointers (where NADAC truly excels) to describe along with the others.

I don't have budget for Merging+Player, as a matter of fact I don't even have budget for new NADAC. Since I am getting the demo/display piece at almost 50% of the price for new, I am highly considering this deal.

Besides I am not able to audition this here in Mumbai (like many other brands & components), so it's going to be a blind purchase (which is fine as all my purchases in past are blind).

Talking about the high resolution system, I think Bakoon amp 13-R + SoundKaos Vox 3afw is high enough in resolution and overall performance for me to fully appreciate NADAC. Besides I am considering HeddPhone as headphone to be driven from Bakoon which is also a very high resolution & performance headphone (I have auditioned it for a week at my home).

Regards,

Saurabh Ashtamkar

Thanks @lalitk.

Any other member who has experience with NADAC, it will be of great help.

Regards,

Saurabh

@grannyring  & @izjjzi thank you for your inputs, its certainly very encouraging. Clicks when different bit rate songs are played should not be an issue to me, but as you have mentioned its not a deal breaker as well when compared to the results. Besides I usually play through the entire album so it should not be a big issue.

@grannyring it would be even more helpful if you can compare it to the other dacs that you have owned or heard extensively.

Regards,

Saurabh