for Rock, you need dynamics, not warm, soft sound. Try the Birdland Odeon-lite. Great right out of the box. One of the few DAC's that sounds good even without mods. The others like this are too expensive for your budget: Electrocompaniet ECD-1 and Meridian 566.
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Bel Canto 1.1 or maybe Musical Fidelity? Then there is this Benchmark thing which is out of the price range for now but I could wait. Maybe there is something I haven't considered. I'm looking for a DAC for around $600 used +/- to go with a Theta Data Universal transport, Hamonic Tech Plantinum cable, and tube gear. I listen to Progressive Rock mostly.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks -
Matthew
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks -
Matthew