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Higher End DACs
I am looking for a DAC (potentially streamer&DAC) to be paired in a mcintosh system (c1100/611). Its my first foray into digital streaming and I have no need for a CD player.
I see a lot of love for Esoteric, however, most seems to be around their transports? Are they not as renowned for pure digital streaming and/or standalone DACs? I see DCS (for instance) often referenced for standalone DACs - how does Esoteric compare?
I see a lot of love for Esoteric, however, most seems to be around their transports? Are they not as renowned for pure digital streaming and/or standalone DACs? I see DCS (for instance) often referenced for standalone DACs - how does Esoteric compare?
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Khiak, Just tried my SDV 3100 on the T+A app and it works beautifully super fast. Don't think that the Tidal app will work directly with the piece, the Tidal app doesn't work directly with a lot of gear. Naim runs Tidal on its own app and still works great. Many companies run Tidal and Obouze through their apps and it works great. Perhaps you need to update your firmware which is super easy done through the T+A app. Good luck and congratulations on the T+A it is a remarkable component. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ |
I sold my 80K MSB DAC to someone in the USA Few Years Back this is when i was in Jakarta Indonesia., I can’t remember who....It was the top of the line dac with upgrades from the factory. Obviously, it was sold for much less and incurred a heavy loss. I moved on to Playback Design And have their Dream DAC and i can say for sure i love this dac more than the MSB DAC I had at that time fully loaded for 80K USD. The Playback Design Dream DAC just sounded more Musical and less Fatiguing over a 5-6 hour session. 20 years now buying and selling DACs, I can honestly Say The Dream DAC from Playback Design has been the only DAC that has actually make me lose track of time constantly when playing music. There is no doubt about this no level of fatigue, an emotionally involving session where time is lost. MSB to my ear is better than DCS for sure. DCS may give people the statue edge and the wow factor, but i have found them to be over clinical and cold. Asian buyers love the prestige of owning a DCS DAC. Their feel it provides an extension to their Di*k When it comes to Real Musical playback from a Digital Playback System I rate it as the following: Playback Design Dream DAC MSB Select 2 Lampizator GG-2 Total DAC |
phantom_avFrom Mono & Stereo review , I had no idea this was a discrete R2R Ladder dac also. I’m a big fan of ladder-based DACs, MPD-8 belongs to the category, that I have quite a problem to define precisely, but in no way, I can object the Dream DAC fantastic performance. It clearly proves the point that when the technology is properly implemented at the end of the day what matters is know how. MPD-8 DAC is a new DAC architecture and is based on Playback Designs’ well proven discrete converter design Cheers George |
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