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What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?

As the title suggests, what was your overall system and DAC at the point where you bought only a new DAC and said “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?

I’m a novice and so many people talk about improvements from new equipment as if they were only listening to varying degrees of static until they bought more and more new equipment which added up to them finally being presented with music. It’s like Salome and the seven veils. But when does the last veil get peeled away? 

So what system did you have and what DAC did you swap in that made you say “DAMN!!!!”?

I guess I’m looking for night and day differences, not gradual progressions……


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kaitainen
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It’s been fun reading all of the posts as I just finished up a many month DAC hunt. 
I tried dCS (Bartok and Rossini, both with and without the Rossini Clock), Brinkmann Nyquist Mk II, Nagra Classic, and Berkeley Audio Design (do not remember which one), but the only DAC that got me excited moving up from my Bluesound Node 2i was the MSB Premier with Powerbase, v2 renderer, and femto 93 clock. The timbre I’m hearing now is exceptionally natural and the imaging is very 3D. I’m not going anywhere DAC wise until I can afford a Reference. The other DACs were all very nice, with the Nyquist Mk II my second favorite overall, but the Premier really stood separate from the rest. 
Now, my Shunyata Everest/Omega XC combo and everything else in my system certainly helps the sound, so maybe the overall combination is really what made me go “wow.” I’m getting a very compelling musical experience every time I sit down to listen, day or night. 
Happy listening!
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