For the record, Denafrips recently announced that Mike Powell, owner of Verastarr and located just outside of Atlanta, is now their official US service center.
Dave
Dave
Upgrade to AMR DP-777 SE or look elsewhere
My AMR DP-777 is broken, and I have the opportunity to fix it with an upgrade to DP-777 SE. The cost would be about $1400 (upgrade+usb->spdiff converter+coax cable).
However, DP-777 SE version is old: 2015. It might be a better idea trashing the AMR, and spend $2000-$3500 and get something modern, like Shitt Yggdrasil, some used DS Direcstream Jr+BridgeII, Metrum Onyx, etc,
What's your opinion?. Go the cheapest option (upgrade the AMR DP-777 to SE version and add a decent usb->spdif converter), or burning $2k-$3.5k to get a modern DAC?.
DAC's usage: 50% vocal jazz, 15% pop, 15% rock, 10% electronic, 10% all the rest. DSD is irrelevant for me, my library is 80% redbook and some high-res files 24/96, 24/192. The source is a laptop with files in a NAS, amp goes with valves, and I want nothing sounding digital or fatiguing after many hours of music in the background.
;-)