what dacs are fast, lively, energetic?


have a 5k budget for a fast sounding dac

seeking some recommendations please

 

audiocanada

Try the Wyred4sound 10th anniversary DAC It's very analog sounding one of the reviewers put it up against his VPI turntable with the $5,000 Japanese cartridge and he said that the 10th anniversary DAC was every bit as analog sounding on that review I decided to try it and I totally agree and also as a bonus they give you a 30-day trial period so if you don't like it you can set it back to get your money back I obviously didn't. another reviewer put it up against other More expensive dacs between 9 and 15,000 and he said that the 10th anniversary DAC was better, the cos 1 which was 9,000 US, chord, bricasti, and I put it up against the $15,000 sim DAC and the 10th anniversary DAC was better.

Have a listen to Benchmark also. From your description you are not looking for analog like sound... but the open / detailed sound that @hk_fan refered to.