I'm a fan of the Schiit Multibit DACs. Read up on them, here, and elsewhere.
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I'm a fan of the Schiit Multibit DACs. Read up on them, here, and elsewhere. +1 |
taylorro What sort of music media do you listen to. Redbook CD's 16/44 or 24/96, DXD downloads? Or DSD downloads? As this will make a difference to what sort of "conversion process" you'll be better off with to get the best out of that format. Cheers George |
After much research I went with the NAD M51. They can be had for under $800. USD. Retailed for about 2K. They are compared frequently with the Bryston B2 Dac. Which still sells for 3 times what the M51 sells for. I am very happy with it and noticed an immediate difference in Clarity and Detail from my $500 Aune tube Dac. Worth the read IMO |
Rated best dac for the money! Just a little above your budget. 😀 http://www.schiit.com/products/yggdrasil |
Georgehi and Sioux above are asking you good quesitons. What is your library, what are your speakers and are you thinking of streaming Tidal MQA. Also realize that a lot of Dacs have preamps built into them. I currently have Schiit Gungir Multibit (new around $1350?) and the Mytek Brooklyn Dac+ ($2100). Like both of them but Brooklyn has more features (Preamp, Phono Preamp, and MQA) and it is allowing me to streamline my setup (get rid of a preamp and a phone preamp.) The brooklyn dac has also got me hooked on streaming. Also I could not tell the difference between these two dacs until I upgraded my speakers. Will be selling my Schitt Gumby. |