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Digital IC- I use Stealth Sextet- anything better?

Love the Stealth Varidig Sextet, however would also like to investigate other options- looking for 'take no prisoners' performance- other digital IC's under consideration so far:

1) Kubala-Sosna Emotion
2) Harmonic Technology Photon
3)MIT Oracle MA-X

any opinions on the above 3 in relation to each other or anything else appreciated- looking for best of the best.
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rja
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Having owned the Sextet and the Emotion, I don't think there's a definitive answer here. Both are excellent digital ICs but as always are system dependent.
The Emotion may be a slight bit mellower than the Sextet, so if your system needs that the Emotion might be a good choice.
If your system is a tad laid back then the Sextet may be the way to go.
Caveat: I've only used the 1.5m balanced versions of these and have no experience with BNC or RCA terminated versions.
No experience with MIT.
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I've owned several iterations of the Marigo as well but none of the most recent models.
As always I stand by my opinion that there is no absolute "objective" best in audio because of system variables/compatibility and personal preferences.
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