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Rega vs Burson Dac

I've recently been listening to the Burson 160D headphone amp and dac. I'm amazed at it's price performance ratio, and while it's a great headphone amp, the dac is also very impressive. Has anyone heard both the Burson and the new Rega dac? A trusted friend believes the Rega is the best in it's price range, and while I have no doubt that it's good, I'd be curious to get comments from someone who has actually compared it with the Burson.
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charles1dad
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"The BDA-1 is a better DAC"
Not based on your above comparisions.
The Rega DAC seems to have completely involved you emotionally into your music, replayed the same song "3 times" that says it all. The Bryston was apparently better with the hifi/audiophile checklist, yet did`nt compel you to replay the same songs repeatedly. Why not? because it was incapable of making the music connect(is`nt this the whole point of musical enjoyment?).Without this essential emotional bond the hifi parameters are meaningless.
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