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Dac for Bel Canto S125

Hi All,

Just picked up a Bel Canto S125 Amp in London / UK. Not many owners of or information to be found here in UK or even online. Found Audiogon via Google with a few Bel Canto threads. Looking for a DAC that would pair well up to $500. 

For speakers I'm using Neat Iotas with a ribbon tweeter and initial testing has been done with a Dragonfly Red portable DAC all running in a small room. Seems like the speakers and Amp potentially have potential to sound better with a proper desktop DAC. Also looks like a lot has changed in DAC tech since the old threads discussing with DSD / MQA etc.  

For music I'm running Tidal but am also testing Qobuz and Amazon HD alongside some bits from HDTracks. 

Cheers All.
sanchezxxx

Showing 1 response by sandstone

sandstone
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Sanchez,
It appears you are relying on the plug-in Dragonfly chip for both pre-amp and DAC?
I have a Bel Canto DAC 3.0.  This is a pre-amp/DAC unit that may be within range of your price requirements and give you a substantial upgrade.  It also closely matches the form factor of your Bel Canto amp.
I also have the matching Bel Canto 24/192 upsampler.

I was using this very successfully matched with a Jeff Rowland 102 amp.
I suggest you check out the specs and reviews and pricing of this unit as well as other DAC/preamp options available.
Then If interested, let me know and I could  post it to Audiogon sales for you.
Best, Sandstone


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