DAC for Aurender N200

@hickamore  NotVAT in USA, I bought mine from  @Audioman58 in the USA

Thanks to the many A'goners who weighed in on this. I will soon be making the best-informed device acquisition of my career.

The only two DACS I’ve directly compared in my system are the PS Audio Direct stream Mark II & the Bricasti M1 Series II. It wasn’t close as the Bricasti was better in every way from build quality to sound quality. The Bricasti is built very well in n MA & sounds excellent w/ a dead silent, jet black background & very detailed & dynamic with no listening fatigue. I found the PS to be thin sounding in comparison & often noisy on some cuts. You may be able to find the Bricasti used for about .$9K but I suspect it’s the next level from most anything new near that price. Highly recommend!

I too am using a Pontus two with my N200 and can’t help feeling like there is a lot more potential in there that Im not unlocking . Like a lot of others here Im trying to figure out where I wanna go next with a new Dac.Any one know of a Dac lending library?

@jonwolfpell that’s my PS Audio DSD MkI vs. Bricasti M3 results as well. No comparison. Especially in noise floor that’s pretty much the foundation for all other improvements over PS A.