Need help choosing a new DAC

@charles1dad Thanks! Definitely not edgy/bright colorations with the DAC. Other than upgrading the crossovers on my maggies to Peter Gunn's latest recommendation, I'm fairly certain that I have the system that will provide many years of listening enjoyment!!

I have an MHDT labs Steeplechase 2 for my mac and a Kora Hermes, also tube output, that I absolutely love, for everything else.

I have had less than stellar results with the Schitt gear

If you ever looked under the hood of an Audio Mirror you wouldn't buy it.

The Kora is built by French Aerospace engineers and it looks and sounds it.

I know a lot of people like Audio Mirror, a lot of people drink Budweiser too...

Best of luck!!

@terrapin77

I noticed you said you had no interest in DSD. I too once had that sentiment. I had no music locally stored that was DSD. However, my LKS DAC MH-DA004 was capable of handling DSD512 so I was intrigued to find some of these files to see how good the sound was. Wow what an amazing difference it was.

Once I delved down this path, I eventually found that upsampling everything to DSD512 was stellar. I accomplished this through Roon/Tidal/Local/HQPlayer/Mac Mini M1. I really can’t believe how good even mediocre 44K CD rips sound now.

I listen to a broad range of music from Classic rock Led Zep Grateful Dead,1960's Jazz, Adele Norah Jones etc. I'd highly suggest trying upsampling, you may like what you hear

Playback Design Dream Series Dacs, if you wish to stop the merry go round

Very Musical, ultra low Fatigue for a Digital System, Using propertery connection No USB. Designed by a Audio Legend.

Did i say Very Musical? I prefered this Dac to DCS and MSB.

Wadax? Not sure never heard priced over 150K ++ for Streamer and DAC, What happens in 5 years with the Tech?

Personally, I can’t wait to hear the new Mojo Audio DAC coming out soon. The last couple of iterations have been musically satisfying and engaging. Ben says the latest one is quite a bit more refined