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I was completely taken by the sq of the Aqua hi fi la scala dac during a demo.  Even with a discount the price is out of budget and would have to add a streamer as well
I have been following multiple impressions of direct to consumer units such as Denefrips pontus, audio gd 7 and Holo May.  Anyone with experience with the Aqua hi fi and the subsequent dacs?
TIA

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georgehifi
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Has anyone heard the MSB Analog DAC? If so, what were your thoughts compared to other DACs you've heard?
👍 MBS discrete r2r dac direct to amps.
It has re-invented all my CD's, especially ones I thought were shocking recordings that I thought were harsh and confused sounding, are now for some reason that I've yet to hear why, are now very enjoyable.

Cheers George
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But, the Qutest conveyed that detail that seemed artificially Technicolor.
Because it's said Delta Sigma based dacs, while "so far" the way to go for converting DSD, can only give a facsimile of PCM Redbook 16/44 24/96 or DXD, where R2R does them "bit perfect" and one day will do DSD consistently better also.

Cheers George
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Soekris 2541
these have been sold out at mod house audio USA for about a year now, without update or info on future stocking.


Covid stopped me from exporting, last one I sent took 3mts to get there.
Maybe you can special order direct, or try ringing Modhouse

Cheers George
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I was completely taken by the sq of the Aqua hi fi la scala dac during a demo. Even with a discount the price is out of budget
And that wasn’t the best of them.
For your budget look at the discrete R2R from Soekris, Dutch manufacture with dealers in the US
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/discrete-r2r-ladder-dac-from-soekris-absolute-sounds-review

Cheers George
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