Post like this put me into confusion, because it looks like my idea that older DACs work better is not that bad.
It's a lot of years that people says that my system sounds very natural, not like others, and I'm completely satisfied with how it sounds. So, after a lot of time, I discover that my thirty y.o. EAD 7000 is R2R, uses an
AD1862N-J
like the Mojo Audio Mistique v3, has impressive power supply, great jitter control. I've put it to work magnifically with liquid music thanks to a Yellowtech PUC-2 unit and a normal foobar player (downsampling to 16/44.1khz or 16/48khz).
So I really enjoy music and I'm only willing to try a better EAD (like the 9000 III) or something like a Mark Levinson 30.5.
What am I missing?