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DACs - New vs. Old

The next change I want to make in my system is the digital front end. The system is currently CAL Icon MkII (no HDCD), Classe CAP-150 and Hales Rev 3s. Has anyone been able to do a direct comparison between used sub $1K and new dacs is that same range? I'd like to keep the Icon as a transport if I can so I can plumb the analog outs to the theatre pre-amp. I will also consider a new CD player if I have to. The nature of my current system has me leaning in the used Theta direction - HELP! Any comments are appreciated.
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I have an Icon and I've auditioned many of the expensive older dacs (sonic frontiers, Audio Research Dac3, Cal products). NOne of them hold a candle to the EVS Millenium II dac made by Ric Shultz

Do a search here on EVS or Millenium to see just how mind blowing this dac is. Takes up to 24/96 and upsamples to 192. The analog stages of this dac are awesome.

At $1050 it's a steal and with really open up a system musically.

www.tweakaudio.com

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