usb 24/192 dac under 1500.

have a ps audio dliii with full cullen mods, would a new 24/192 usb dac (with Sabre chips) be better at this point? Thx

mlapenta06-30-2013 7:34pm

tonyangel Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 309 posts 07-01-2013 at 06:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete With DACs, you can't just compare chips. The implementation of the chip is more important than the chip itself. Two DACs based on the same chip can, and often do, have completely different sounds.
tonyangel Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 309 posts 07-02-2013 at 01:16am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What are you trying to do anyway? I mean, what does your source material consist of? If you are looking for something new because there is something that you want to do that the DLIII isn't capable of, that's one thing; but, if the DLIII does everything that you've needed it to, finding something better might just be a matter of subjective opinion. The DLIII, although older, still holds its own. I've never heard one with the Cullen mods, but I'd imagine that it's very nice.