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Also, if you buy an older model of Marigo Apparition digital IC (now, cheap on the used Audiogon market) to connect between your (unidentified) CD transport, and your BelCanto DAC2 it won't break the budget, yet can excel at rejecting high frequency glare, and "in your face" upper midrange, lower treble. This manufacturer delivers pleasing detail, minus any unnatural highlighting within the audio spectrum, even in older versions of this classic digital IC line.
Analogous to the way a luxury limousine suspension irons out a bumpy highway, without losing road feel.
Also, if you buy an older model of Marigo Apparition digital IC (now, cheap on the used Audiogon market) to connect between your (unidentified) CD transport, and your BelCanto DAC2 it won't break the budget, yet can excel at rejecting high frequency glare, and "in your face" upper midrange, lower treble. This manufacturer delivers pleasing detail, minus any unnatural highlighting within the audio spectrum, even in older versions of this classic digital IC line.
Analogous to the way a luxury limousine suspension irons out a bumpy highway, without losing road feel.