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Looking for a true upgrade in sound quality

I currently stream Qobuz and Tidal through my Lumin T2. I have had this about 4 years. I have AT&T fiber optic internet to the house the ethernet cable direct to the Lumin. About 30' of cable from the router to the device. I was thinking of using the Lumin only as a streamer and adding a conceivably better DAC. Is this a legit way to go about a more resolving sound. To my ears there is a slight veil over everything and maybe a little etched overall, bass response is great. I was also hoping for a recommendation for the DAC if this is a good option. $6,000 budget new or used is fine. I have had very good luck with used equipment over the years. Thanks, Allen.

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At Deer Creek Audio we believe Dirac Live calibration is one of the most powerful ways to gain dimension and accuracy in both the time and frequency domains.

Having performed Dirac calibrations on many high-end systems we have found than there are fundamental systems issue about 30% of the time. So we always validate the systems before proceeding.

In any case we recommend getting back to the basics and verifying the following:

  • Component Settings
  • Cabling Integrity
  • Speaker Driver Operation
  • Speaker Polarity 
  • Relative Speaker Level Settings
  • Crossover Function

 

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