I have no analog action to compare my digital to, but each step in my dac journey has brought me closer to 3D real-deal stage and pure color that I imagine good analog brings. Qutest with Pardo power supply, then Holo May L2, then Wells Audio Cipher, then Lampizator Atlantic TRP. Each time I just knew I was getting closer to nirvana, but the Lampizator was just a no-brainer. Just fuller richer bolder more real than your regular dac and even the excellent cipher, at least in my room and system. R2R, sigma delta, blah blah blah. Just listen to a Lampizator. I’m sure there’s better out there, but I don’t have $20k or more.
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……
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……