What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good.


I wondered what’s the best sounding dac you have heard or owned. What did it do that the others didn’t. 

calvinj

Showing 2 responses by audioman58

My brother has the latest DCS Rossini $40k 

but I have heard their 3 box$100k setup which is great but Waay over priced.

to be totally honest the T+A 200 dac $7200 retail ,I still am saving for ,having built a addition to the house and now have to do many upgrades and landscaping has destroyed my plan by over a year,being married sometimes many compromises at times.The T+A 200 dac  Per value and sonics by many The best dac under $15k I stand behind this .

please note to obtain these results you need a quality LPS from the router

linear tube audio by far the Best Buy at $700 with excellent DC cable to router,

then 2 quality Ethernet cables the most important cable without question is at the end point. In between a solid Ethernet switch . I only spent $600 the lhy sw8 bar none gives the most value vs anything under $1k , a $3k Ansuz is far better still.

best Ethernet cable  bargain as good or better then my $1300 AQ Diamond in many  areas

Sablon $400 and nothing in that class better  at this price. Everything in the Chain counts .I still have a system to go but the quests continues.I am hoping to upgrade my entire system within the next year. Having owned a Audio store I have made lots of contacts and go to many audio clubs and get togethers getting more and paying much less $$ is now paramount being older and hopefully wiser. For $50k I can can now build a very good system that 5years ago would be over $100 k.

to me That is progress. The Denmark audio group has fantastic products.

the Borrensen X line is exceptional .the x3 Loudspeaker is on my very short list 

their X1 monitor for $5500 exceptional by any standard. Their new budget Axxiss line for $5500 dac,streamer 100wpc integrated and up to a 2T SS hd astounding much  better then it should for its price point.. Class D technologies have come a long way. AAviv is their upper line.theI280 integrated is the sweet spot in their line up I hope this helps others looking for not only digital but the other factors needed to getting digital to sound at it’s best.

The DCS Rossini Apex is a slid step up from the older model yes it is worth the upgrade considering he received $20 k on the 2 year old one it just brings out Everything in the recording ,and does it with amazing naturalness .

I do want to mention cables do matter .he is using Ansuz cables Ethernet switch And D series line conditioner and A $5k switch and cables. And AAvic 580 integrated Amp,and 280 streamer.above my  pay grade , but a revelation to me .

his New Borrensen X series Cryo floorstanders just dissapear into  the room .

Sadly I am just working on upgrades but never to his $$ standards.