Sorry to awaken this old thread but in some music content - especially rock, the Cary 200TS beats my Luxman D-06 dac. These two compliment each other very well as the Cary has a bit of a cool sound to it where as the Luxman is warm in the vocals. The Cary sounds like a $4k dac but the Luxman is overpriced at $5k. I think it would do better around the $3k price. I love the up-sampling capability of the Cary and what the Luxman does to vocals. I have many other dacs in the $1000 price range and under and these two cannot be compared to them. ESS dac based options cannot compare to the musicality offered by TI BB and AKM chips. Everything I have by ESS I cannot listen to 30 minutes or so at a time where as the others I don't want to stop listening and have to force myself (mainly for the lack of time).
Cary Audio DAC 200 ts Opinions
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Does anyone have any experience with the Cary Audio DAC 200 ts in comparison to other $4k DAC's?
Have read the online reviews on Audiostream, Enjoy The Music and 10Audio but would like to hear from real life users here.
Initially, I was leaning towards the Schiit Yggradsil as my current DAC's are both R2R or multibit.
This one uses AKM AK4490EQ chips.
Thanks
Does anyone have any experience with the Cary Audio DAC 200 ts in comparison to other $4k DAC's?
Have read the online reviews on Audiostream, Enjoy The Music and 10Audio but would like to hear from real life users here.
Initially, I was leaning towards the Schiit Yggradsil as my current DAC's are both R2R or multibit.
This one uses AKM AK4490EQ chips.
Thanks