Here we go again, evaluating DAC's soley based on the DAC Chip that it uses.
DAC 'Scam' Vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sg1nYLmLCw
The TL:DW is that any well made Dac should not be more than $200 and anything above that doesn't sound any better since they all use similar cheap chips to do the D/A conversion. Anything above $200 for a DAC is basically snake oil and theres no improvement in sonics.
Appreciate your insights.
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The most important factor for buying a dac is buying one which price will be commensurate with the others gear pieces value... If not, evaluating a few thousand bucks dac in a low cost system as mine makes no sense... There is good dac at all price level... Thanks to an improving technology... And evaluating costlier dac in a living room or in a showroom means nothing... Acoustics control must exist for any evaluation... And if the design of a dac and not only his chip matter, the way we install it in our own system matter as much...
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Some people don’t know what they are talking about. One dac chip just starts the building process many other parts equal the sum . Power supplies ,filtering ,buffers there are many many things that go into every brand dacs and all are different especially over $1k that is something I would expect on ASR review . They can enjoy their $700 topping dac. |
+1 @mahgister I heard a SIGNIFICANT difference with each of my moves. 1917: iPhone/Pure DAC 2019: Devialet 400 2023: Vinnie Rossi L2S preamp with DAC 2024: Playback Designs MPD-8 The PURE was not good enough for background music. The Devialet was okay. The VR showed me that digital could be eminently listenable. The PD blew me away. The latter uses an FPGA, but also incorporates a superb analog preamp section along with three separate power supplies, one for each digital channel and one for the analog section. It has pretty much replaced my need (but not desire) for analog. And Maghister is correct about the impact of the listening environment. Without room treatment, what you hear is not music but a smear of notes. Might be a very nice smear, but a smear nonetheless.
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