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Chord Dave - Missing soundstage width

Hi I am in the process of evaluating the Chord Dave.I have a Orchid dac and to my ears it has a wider soundstage than the Dave, but in every other aspect the Dave is the clear winner.
The Dave has height, depth and a way to make you feel that you are there. but not much sound outside the speaker boundaries.
Is my observation correct or does my system suck (;
Equipment: Primaluna HP integrated EL34 tubes. Tekton Design DI, A well treated room.Streaming with Tidal HIFI/Master
martin-andersen

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I agree on the tin pan Alley rec. The archives version is awesome. 

If you are looking at the Dave I would recomend trying the Bartok. While it is a bit more expensive it has a network streamer builtin as well. Plus dCS updates the firmware with improvements over time as well. I owned a TT2 and mscaler I had auditioned the Bartok and dave and preferred the Bartok it presented a bigger sound stage and more realistic imaging. 

Maybe take a look at the MSB discrete too. My friend had a premire that was fluly upgraded and it was amazing. He traded it up to the reference which I can't wait to hear. 
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