DAC? how much more $$$ to get a significant improvement over Bluesound Node?

starting to get into dacs, never thought much of external dacs before

it seems like there are some state of the art pieces out there under 3k, Schitt and Benchmark come to mind

would that be my starting point to really gear a significant upgrade from my Node?

any recommendations below 3k to achieve this?

thanks in advance

audiocanada12-21-2021 12:02am

audiocanada OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 217 posts 12-21-2021 at 02:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete good feedback, thank you all I was considering the Gustard X26 and Topping D90SE, as well as the S.M.S.L VMV D2 I use Tidal and all those units seem to have MQA also upon further review, the Gustard x16 seems like a more affordable dip into the dac waters