Battle of the Older DAC

Nothing wrong with many of the options outlined by others, but well, there's a LOT of DACs out here now compared to years ago. If you can believe this guy, the Geshelli Dayzee DAC, maxed out with the Sparkos or the Burson V7 Vivid op-amps gives a lot for the money, even runs with the Yggy just fine. Note, Geshelli sells options for better looking cases for a bit more $$$.

https://youtu.be/S6qaO1f30-4

@vthokie83 how would you describe the bass of the Denafrips Pontus II DAC you have? Is it on the "smooth, diffuse" end or on the "solid, punchy, and textured" end of the spectrum? R2R DACs are generally well regarded for tonality, imaging, and soundstage, but without bass "punch". I wonder how close a multibit DAC like the Schiit Yggy can come to that while maybe having better bass.  Thanks.

I do think that given all the technological push with DACs during the last 10 years, buying an "old DAC" might not be the best course of action. Then again, some on here have noted that the PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Mk. I (pretty darn old DAC with a FPGA update) being sold for about 1/3rd of its original price offers a good bang for the buck. But you'd have to wonder how well the internal components have aged over the time since it was built and used.