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Best streamer for Audio Note UK dacs

I have an older audio note dac 4, and absolutely love it. thinking about upgrading my streamer, which is currently an inuous Zen 3 going into a sonicweld USB converter. I enjoy the sound a lot but I know it can get better. So I've been toying with either adding a Phoenix clock to the Zen 3, but more likely upgrading to an inuous statement or maybe a 432 Evo aeon. What I wanted to ask is whether some high-end streamer brands tend to be better on high-res sources and others may be particularly strong on 16/44? Are some known to be better on 16/44? I play mostly 16/44 because that's what the audio note dacs are built for. 

I'm also very open to hearing opinions about innuos versus 432.

Thanks

montaldo

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mikhailark
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May I suggest trying DAC that is capable of high resolution and yet have tube part? Lampizator perhaps or Audio Research?

mikhailark
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Maybe someone should take ANK 5.1 kit but put DSD DAC board in it… Business opportunity… sell assembled with newer chipset 

mikhailark
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Avoid what? They used the best chip available at the time. It does have particular sonic signature. I'd say modern AKM with Velvet Sound would be a good replacement. It is same technology, not Delta-Sigma as ESS. The problem is to find AKM board with good quality parts and not op amps or cheap caps.

It would be an interesting experiment for someone handy with electronics to feed ANK analog part with signal from decent AKM DAC like RME, taking signal before RME filters, just raw DAC output.

I am handy, maybe some day I will take on this...

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