Playback Designs MPD6 or Bricasti M21?


Im looking at these two DACs, anyone have the pleasure of hearing them both or at least one or the other?  

acurus

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@acurus

I can only speak for myself but am happy to explain my reasoning for preferring home demos.

1) I learned very early on that I could not depend upon a showroom demo to provide an accurate impression of how gear would sound in my room. YMMV

2) I’m not by nature a wheeler dealer and buying and selling gear is not something I relish. Nor can I afford to lose much cash on trial and error buying/selling. YMMV

3) I’m not by nature technically-minded so reading specs and looking at photos of the insides of components doesn’t tell me much. I do have decent ears although I’m definitely still learning. YMMV

4) Each person hears differently and has different tastes. In my opinion, it would be foolish to assume I’d like something simply because anther guy likes it. One guy's "warm" may sound neutral to me. Who knows? YMMV

On occasion, I will go out on a limb and buy something I can’t demo at home but this is very much the exception. My Jay’s transport is an example.

I’m expecting delivery of Fritz Carbon 7 SE’s tomorrow. I have yet to encounter a single less than enthusiastic review of these speakers but would not have considered them if I had no option to return them.