DACs are weird beasts. You can have a perfectly measuring one at $899 and devices that cost $25K or $80K that may not measure as well. Expectation biases do come into play, which in turn affect how we actually hear things. Having said all that I do prefer r2r dacs, as they sound pleasant, knowing fully well they attenuate high frequencies.
This D90SE is affordable enough to buy and try but I am always unsure if I will like delta sigma dacs, as previously I didn't like the ones I purchased.
Ultimately, the whole system including the room itself also matters. People do tend to think delta-sigma or well measuring DACs are "sterile", but I wonder if speaker placement and room reflections were taken into account during these experiences, as well expectation biases from too much forum topics. Ultimately we are tribal, so we align with certain groupthink and personas. So D-S dacs will always seem "sterile" and so on.
This D90SE is affordable enough to buy and try but I am always unsure if I will like delta sigma dacs, as previously I didn't like the ones I purchased.
Ultimately, the whole system including the room itself also matters. People do tend to think delta-sigma or well measuring DACs are "sterile", but I wonder if speaker placement and room reflections were taken into account during these experiences, as well expectation biases from too much forum topics. Ultimately we are tribal, so we align with certain groupthink and personas. So D-S dacs will always seem "sterile" and so on.