Battle of the Older DAC

OP for around $2k put Bryston BDA-3 on your list. Also don’t shy away from the older PS Audio DSD DAC. 

@cleeds ++

I had the bee’s knees in 1995 with my California Audio Labs Delta/Alpha combo, an older ladder style (multibit) DAC of some renown with 12AX7 tube output. Very musical, but my Yggdrasil wipes it on the floor, much better in virtually every way. I still have the older CAL setup in my bedroom stereo.

I have had about 10 DACs in the house over the last 5 years, from $700 to $15 000. Most of them sounded good. I do not think DAC tech has changed much in the last 5 years. Once jitter was figured out the difference between DACs came down to tastes, warm, neutral, bright, chip, no chip. etc.

The best DAC I have owned by far was the latest Schitt Yggi+ OG. They do not make this one anymore since a piece of electronics they used is no longer available. So, I am not sure if the AG version of the Yggi+ can be upgraded to the last iteration that I have.

My second-best DAC is the Schitt Yggi+ LIM. That DAC is not as detailed as the OG but it has a place in my office system, and I love it there. Only issue I have is whether to covert the LIM to the replacement for the OG. The replacement is called More is Better and is supposedly closer to the sound of my OG and not the LIM.

In my 2 systems I can tell the differences between the OG and the LIM. Especially my best system. I also use fibre optic to stream.

What is your budget ?