I am checking out these DAC's for my system


I am building a system and all I have left to get is the DAC and maybe a streamer.  I really an at a loss on which DAC to get.  I am wanting to stream music and also use my system for watching movies.  My equipment currently is SMC audio tic-2 GT24 preamp and DNA.5 GT24 amp with GR Research NX-otica's and Open Baffle subs.  The DAC's that interest me are

Mojo Audio Mystique X SE- I will have to purchase used and I will need to use and adapter to connect to my TV because it doesn't have toslink.  

Mojo Audio Mystique Y-  It only has a USB connection so I am not sure how to connect to my TV.  Mojo audio DAC's have really good reviews but If they only had toslink.  I am really intrigued with the choke in the power supply.  I think there might be something to that.  

Holo Audio May KTE-  People say the mojo sounds better more natural but this DAC still holds a pretty good price used and doesn't last long on the used market.

Musetec mh-da006-  This DAC is interesting but I am afraid it will be fatiguing.

Audio Mirror Tubadour v-  This just seemed interesting but afraid tubes won't last very long if I watch a bunch of movies etc.

Denafrips terminator plus- These are always for sale used which make me nervous.  

If you have any of these DAC's or have listened them let me know from your favorite on down.  

brbrock

Showing 8 responses by brbrock

@carlsbad2 I have already purchased the preamp and it is exceptional.  So the good thing is I don't need volume control in a DAC.

@danager That did cross my mind to get 2 DAC’s. A inexpensive DAC and the Mystique y. Benjamin talked about getting a $30 adapter to convert toslink to AES in the mystique X. Have you ever tried to listen to movies thru your mystique. I bet their isn’t a difference in sound because of the TV source.

@vettegood I have not even looked at the Hugo TT but I have heard about it. I will have to check it out.

 

@hasmarto I am glad you told me the price of those tubes. They seems very affordable. What did you upgrade from? Have you had another Audio mirror DAC? The Tubadour ivse is quite a bit less in price and wondering if there is a huge difference in sound.

@ghdprentice I am definitely keeping the preamp.  The amp is a decendent of the SMC Audio VRE-1.  

@scp I am really interested in the Audio Mirror DAC and one of the Mojo Audio DAC's.  The Mojo Audio DAC's don't have TOSLINK.  Both have excellent parts and great reviews. 

@romanesq I won't be listening to music thru the TV just movies.  I do realize that my equipment is overkill for TV but might as well use it watching movies.  

@rkfaberdds Most of the DAC's I'm interested in are R2R DAC's.  Thank you for the info about Hifi Rose.  I have not checked into their equipment but have definitely seen people talk about them on the forum.  I will look more into them.

 

@tom2441 I am interested in the mojo Y.  Does it have a really black background.  I am also wanting to hook up my TV sometimes to watch movies but not sure if that will somehow be possible.  

@danager What DAC's did you have before the Mojo?

@nwres I looked up the Tubadour on the Audio Mirror website to try to figure out the differences in the models and it doesn't say much.  The only thing I can tell is the the Tubadour V and IVse have different type of tubes.  Maybe I  will email and ask.

@danager You mentioned the the USB boards on the Mojo DAC’s are exceptional. You are not the first one to mention this. What makes the boards exceptional?  The boards look nice but that is about all I know.