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How to proceed?

Removing my Aqua La Voce dac from my system has eliminated fatigue and reduced but not fully eliminated sibilance. Running my Jay’s CDT2MKIII into my Hegel H390’s onboard dac is definitely a more relaxed presentation but tonally leaner than I prefer. Some have suggested I swap out the Hegel, but first I’d like to try another dac.

What I’m unclear about is how to go about choosing another dac that will not duplicate the same drawbacks I’ve experienced with the Aqua. Are there details in the design or specs that can guide me in this regard?  I'm unsure how to proceed.

stuartk

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deep_333
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Based on process of elimination above, it looks like Jay's spinner could be the culprit. You could get rid of it, your dac, etc and get the Technics SL-G700mk2 (sacd player+dac+streamer all in one), for example. Some good engineers at Technics already did all the cooking in-house so you don't have to be the sibilant fatigued chef.

Other considerations: it is quite strange that the Lokius did a whole lot of nothing to help... You sure you didn't have the eq defeat on while tweaking knobs?

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