I also went with the Teac UD701N. I wanted the Esoteric N05XD but couldn’t swing the $11K! I did however audition both and the Teac uses very similar architecture and is about 85-90% the sound quality of the more expensive (3X) Esoteric! It beat the HiFi Rose RS150 and is hard to beat for less than $10K.
Streaming Dac $5000-8000
Hi there.
I am after a streamer dac one piece unit
ideally with a very natural sound, slightly warm midrange, and with good streamer app…
its for use on harbeth shl5 plus
was thinking lumin t3. any others to consider Like auralic Altair g2.1? Auralic Vega is a bit over budget
moon seems to be well regarded, but they have a big gap between the 280d and 680d. 390 would be overkill as don’t need the preamp
I like the luxman d03x cd player sound, but that doesn’t have a streamer
thanks