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Do you recall "instant improvement" from your first stand-alone DAC ?

After weeks of research I recently ordered my first external DAC.  My system is modest by most accounts... Van Alstine SET400 amp, T-10 tube pre-amp, Salk HT2-TL speakers, WiiM Ultra streamer/DAC.  It sounds very good to me... resolving, clear, excellent bass, mids, highs. Then I started reading and asking about streamers and DACs and it seems my system could sound better. So I did a lot of reading and ultimately ordered a used Merason Frerot with factory wal wort power supply.  Now the anxiety of second-guessing my choice and what it will sound like in my system.  Cuz there are no stores near me to demo DACS.  Eventually I will likely upgrade the streamer.

 

What did you notice the most about your first stand-alone DAC... more clarity, richness, scary good vocals, extended highs, more airy highs, more and better bass ?  Better soundstage and imaging ? All the above ? 

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It was a bespoke design / built Standalone DAC that was the part of a Digital Source that converted me to having Analogue and Digital as a Source. 

For approx' 32 years of CD being a method to replay recorded Music, my system was not using digital. 

I know individuals who live and breathe CD as a Hard Medium Source, and apparently I fell well onto my feet with accepting this DAC that has Valves used in the circuit. 

For pure musical enjoyment and want to experience recorded music, digital in my system is parity with analogue. 

I am now looking at other forms of a digital source and will have two sources being digital at some time, in conjunction with analogue. 

Using a recorded music which is a file data that is not part of a tangible experience to manage when creating a replay, will be more like using a radio, but I do that a lot anyways. 

 

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