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I am down to the last piece of the puzzle. I am very happy with the sound of my system at this point, so I’m not sure if the DAC needs to be improved on. What I am looking for is to hear those background subtleties in the music a little more pronounced. The strum of a guitar, the stroke of the piano keys, the clicks, ticks & tingles that accompany the music. I do here that now, I just wondered if there is a way to elaborate on those background sounds (details) a bit more.

Is it the DAC that will make this happen? If it is, they say my Gustard R26 is as good as a $5K DAC, how far over that $5K do you think I have to go?

Thank you for your help and suggestions and the best to you all over the holiday season and beyond!

PS: I listen mostly to Jazz

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nrthomas2
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No. Not cheap:) But, having been in this hobby for many years I think his prices are more than reasonable. It is easy to make lateral moves in any given price range. I'm not interested in lateral moves these days. I love the sound of my ANK dac and realize that to get more music (via a dac change) I will likely need to spend at least 5k. Given my current system this seems like rational decision. I'll let you know how things go.

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bander
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  • I highly recommend checking out Mojo
  • Audio. Ben will answer his phone and spend much time with 
  • you. As you'll see, Ben has garnered countless awards.
  • He has discounted models available. For cables, Zavino, not cheap.
  • Cerious Technologies. Great company, great products.Audio Envy, 
  • less expensive, very good products! On ans on and on.
  • Good luck, and call Ben.
ryanvt
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Have gold note ds10 and evo power supply as Roon End point and it is end game good - sounds fab on my full range and monitor systems.  You can get the units on sale or used/ demo.   The power supply color is immaterial since placed at least a shelf below and to the left of the streamer/ DAC.   If you have a great preamp just use streamer/ DAC.

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navyachts OP
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@ryanvt Gold note comes up a lot, thanks for your suggestion. I will look into this further, for sure!

paulcreed
543 posts
 

I’m sorry I did not read all the post, someone may have already suggested this. If you can add a DDC a nice usb and a silver or very nice short I2s cable. This will help dig much deeper into the recording. Everything will be more pronounced and natural.
 

I was going up upgrade my dac but gave this a shot first and very amazed at the improvement. I would not skimp on the cables at least the i2s/hdmi.

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