I spent an hour with the D50 at Axpona in April. It was compared to the built in Dac in the Hegel H400 Integrated amp. The 50 outperformed the internal Dac as you would expect. It had a nice 3D soundstage,, instrument separation was excellent and the highs were warm yet still there with air, plenty of bottom and nice midrange, all the things you expect in a nice DAC nowadays. I prefer my Denafrips Terminator 2, which is really benefitting due to my system components which I preferred over the system Hegel had at Axpona. My DT2 sounds great with my LAIV uDDC and NA Eno 2. You’ll just have to get one to check out in your own system, the only way to tell if ifs right for you. Happy hunting.
