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Looking at Brooklyn DAC+ or possibly Supremo

Granted there's a decent price gap, but I'm looking for a DAC in the low $2K but hear many great things about the Northstar Supremo.

I will be leaving the SA8005 as the transport and feeding the dac into my McCormack RLD-1/ DNA-1 combo which the DNA-1 was recently upgraded to Ultra Platinum.

Right now everything sounds very good, but the 8005 falls short to the higher end dacs.

I do play a lot of red book cd's, especially older ones, also enjoy Tidal which is streamed through the Aries Mini....but not using the dac in the Aries.

I feel the BDAC+ is a more suitable dac for my needs, but curious if the Supremo is worth the additional $$.

All input appreciated.
dyl71

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dyl71 OP
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I may even remove the Brooklyn+ from the list and debate the ifi Pro iDSD and the Auralic Vega.
dyl71 OP
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Interesting you brought up the preamp.....I was ready to either going to try for a Pass X1 or the P10, or have the RLD-1 upgraded.

Once I found a sweet spot with my IC's, litz chassis wire, and Clarity CMR's....the RLD-1 sounds hauntingly transparent. I'm sure there's room for improvement, but after trying the Intenso DAC, I realized how good a quality stand alone DAC can sound.

I will likely upgrade the preamp next, but I hope I'm not putting the cart in front of the horse by starting with the dac.

I wanted to add another option I was researching, and that's the iFi - Pro iDSD.

Haven't seen many reviews though.
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