DAC’s
Hello, curious on everyone’s thoughts. I’m still building my system. I came across a really good deal on a Meitner MA3 dac. It’s from an authorized dealer and they offered to sell me one NIB for 7k. I have read and read about dacs and I am getting tired. Haha. I really like the Denafrips Terminator 2, Holo and the lumin T3 being the cheapest of them all. Once I factor in a streamer I am already close or over the 7k. Also I don’t need a dac for anything other then just streaming. Thank you
@cakyol while I agree, I worked it a bit different earlier… I doubt I would be able to hear the difference, and I think it would be wise for the OP to try and get a good listen of it.
@shtr74sims Did you try and see if the dealer would allow you to try it, say over the weekend? |
@holmz no not yet, been a busy week. To many options haha. |
@shtr74sims there is no dishonour in moving slowing, nor being busy. 😎 While I do not personally hear a great difference between DACS, the options/controls/interface can be pretty important and a deal maker/breaker. |
the op of this thread has not listed his system nor setup, unless i missed it for me, since early 2020, i had the mojo, 2qute, qutest, then the hugo tt2... i then added the m scaler to feed the tt2 (this stack remains one among a small handful of dac setups i currently use, as i am very pleased with its sound) in my stepwise progression, the 2qute and qutest sounded very very similar, but otherwise, there is/was a clearly noticeable change (upgrade) in sound quality each step up the ladder, so to speak - imaging, tonality, timbre, bass solidity, richness (in an analog sense) all improved so for me personally, i would not simply assume the op will not hear any difference -- we don’t know the quality of the rest of his system that said, one can reasonably debate whether 5 grand at the margin is more wisely spent to buy a better dac than a qutest, compared to upgrading something else in his setup... we just don’t have the information to know, or have an opinion... |
