We tested the Auralic on my friends system; MacIntosh pre and power, custom media server, top Dynaudio speakers with Purist cabling, around $100k.
We found neither dac to be edgy or artificial sounding. We did find the Auralic sounded better when ran balanced and preferred the decay on the top end slightly more on the Weiss. The Auralic had better dynamics and was slightly more live sounding than the Weiss but never bright. It was half a dozen too six in regards to which dac was better and my friend that owns the Weiss even agreed that the Auralic was slightly better in some areas.
Are there any other dacs you could recommend at $2000 that could compete that close with the Weiss?
We found neither dac to be edgy or artificial sounding. We did find the Auralic sounded better when ran balanced and preferred the decay on the top end slightly more on the Weiss. The Auralic had better dynamics and was slightly more live sounding than the Weiss but never bright. It was half a dozen too six in regards to which dac was better and my friend that owns the Weiss even agreed that the Auralic was slightly better in some areas.
Are there any other dacs you could recommend at $2000 that could compete that close with the Weiss?