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DAC suggestions?

Hello!

I’m looking for a new DAC suggestion for my 2.1 office room set up. The room is 12x11 ft with a 10 ft ceiling.  The EverSolo DMP-A8 seems interesting.  Currently, I have the following:

Rotel CD14 (Water 1m RCA cable)

Michi X3 (Audioquest Thunder 2m Power cable)

Rel T/9X (Rocket 88 3m Rel Sub cable)

Sonus Faber Sonetto V Walnut (William Tell Zero 12ft Speaker cable)

iMac, using Roon and Tidal (USB B 1.5m Carbon cable)

I listen to jazz and RnB mostly and prefer a warmer sound. I’m happy with my current setup but feel adding a DAC and digital streamer would be nice versus going through my iMac.  Thank you so much for your time.

wisemenofgotham
soix
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Budget?  Are you open to used?  What improvements and wha5 sound characteristics are most important to you?

wisemenofgotham OP
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Open to new or used, ideally want to be in the $3-4k range.  

wisemenofgotham OP
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Two other options I’m curious about:

HiFi Rose RS151

Cambridge Audio EXN100

fastfreight
963 posts
 

I find the Auralic Altair (I have a 2.1 and a 1.1 in a vacation home) sound great, are solid on wifi or wired and have an easy to use software package.  I run Roon at home but not at the vaca house.  Also easy to use by remote app or with on screen display.  This is streamer + DAC.

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audphile1
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You’ll be using your streamer as a roon end point anyway, correct?

Here’s an alternative….Meitner MA3. Has a a built in network renderer and it’s a roon end point. You don’t need a separate streamer.
Based on the ad the seller is flexible on the price. If you can grab this for mid $4k it’s a great option. Gets rid of your usb cable as well. Has an upgrade path. 
 

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650225089-silver-meitner-ma3-dac/I’m

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