One of the best sounding DACs I owned in the early days of DACs was the CAL Alpha DAC....mine was a later 24/96 unit and it sounded great back in the day.... but a lot has changed and my RME adi-2 DAC betters it by a good margin.
I prefer my dacs clean and pristine. It is my source component for just about everything I listen to feeds to the DAC... If I dont like the tone or sonic signature of the system I address it else where in the system, whether its with room tuning or changing tube types in amp or pre. I just think the "source" component should be true to the source material it is playing back.
I prefer my dacs clean and pristine. It is my source component for just about everything I listen to feeds to the DAC... If I dont like the tone or sonic signature of the system I address it else where in the system, whether its with room tuning or changing tube types in amp or pre. I just think the "source" component should be true to the source material it is playing back.