Doge 7 tube DAC

I have the Doge 7 Tube DAC.  I highly recommend it. And I don't love everything I buy.  I wish it was that easy.  It takes me a long audition to truly understand a product in my system. 

I did a post on the unit and tube rolling in it. 

The stock Shuguang tubes do not get enough credit--yours truly included.  The beauty of the stock tubes is that they are very quiet and the preamp side of this unit needs that.  If you aren't going to use it as a preamp you may not have to worry about quiet, non-microphonic as much.  

I liked the Doge more than NAD M51, Border Patrol, Denefrips Ares.  I haven't compared it head to head with any "Giants".  All I know is that I love the sound.  

When my reissue Gold Lion 12AT7s got noisy within 500 hours, I had trouble diagnosing where the hiss was coming from.  I put the stock Shuguang's back in (they were next to new) and things quieted down. 

I would have paid $2000-$3000 for this unit.  The features are super.  

When I built a Roon NUC server this summer, it instantly recognized the Doge 7 and they play really well together, even though the Doge is not "Roon" or MQA ready.  It is DSD ready. 

I saw a used one on US Audio Mart last week for $900 or so.   

Doge 7 Tube dac is on my radar since a while. I have had a Clarity 8 2019 version for two years and can say to be hundred percent satisfied with it. Very transparent , dynamic and detailed sound.
Amazing zero floor noise too, very good being e tube preamp, thus Doge 7 will be my next move.

I ordered my Doge 7 in December 2020 and still waiting. Ordered it without tubes, because I wanted to know what tubes were supposed to be best upgrade out of the box. They offered there experience of what tubes to use in the upgrade, so I could purchase beforehand. I've been patiently waiting sure hope the wait is worth it. Currently not using an external Dac.

Best DAC I have owned better than Lumin,Berkeley Audio, Dac1, Chord, NAD, Moon....etc.

i have a doge 7 here now, comparing against audio note 4.1, dena pontus, soekris 1421, a nicely modded mf trivista, and my trusty standbys a-m tubador, sonnet morpheus, mhdt orchid and chord tt2/scaler