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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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jetter
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@stuartk 

OK, just greenlighting by an amateur (me).

I was going to recommend fine tuning with a Lokius, which I own, but I see no go.

It is puzzling in that you have dome tweeters.

Could your tweeters have ferrofluid?  If so has it possibly dried up causing what you are hearing?

If me, I would first purchase a new coax cable to rule that out before big changes.   Even a cheapie something off monoprice or amazon just to rule out a cable problem.   Actually, you probably could just use a standard RCA interconnect as a cable test. 

That's all I got.

jetter
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@stuartk 

Really-- a standard RCA IC ? OK...

I thought I mentioned, not for long term listening, just to make sure your current coax cable (assumption you are using coax) hasn't been damaged in some unforeseen way i.e. doggy gave it a good bite.

 

 

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