Dark Horse DAC


Doge Dac 7 MKII is probably not on your radar. Maybe it should be.

(52) Doge 7 Tube DAC Review ! The Best DAC Award šŸ† - YouTube

I took a chance and decided to buy it. Not completely broken in, but alreadyĀ 

performing way beyond expectations. Check out the Doge website and read/watch the reviews. For me this DAC is a game changer. Comments??

brauser

WOW...tough crowd with Alot of First World issues...

Cograts @brauserĀ on your purchase. I trust it will be all you hoped for...

The Doge tubes inherently have much higher noise then a SS devise now x8 that is substantial, what is lacking is a Abundance of Filtering kits noise floor and S/N is nothing special , I have head the mk2 several times with nos tubes, YesI pleasant but not real refined and get the low level detail and separation like dacs in the$5-6k range , Jays comments are far from accurate Ā having heard his reviews and often say how good a product is then 3 months later move on and loose favorĀ 

typical of Newbe Audiophile. Myself in the field over 40 years, owned a Audio store and have very good access through multi state New England Audio contacts being within 3-4 hours of 5 states is Ā excellent , Ā yes these are very good for the $$ but Donot put these up against $10 k products, MSB make some very good products but Waay over priced , theT+A 200 dac at $7k is the best dac I have Ā heard even against dacs at 2x the cost , Ā the Holosprings KTE , or terminator+ are also very good ,Jay reviewed them and didnot compare the Doge to these dacs ,these are night and day better ,compare šŸŽ to šŸŽ in $$ to be fair.

@jl1ny Iā€™m a Schill for Orchard Audio & Galion and donā€™t take myself seriously. Just look at all the crap thatā€™s on my YouTube Channel.

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@audioman58: What you call the "Holosprings KTE" is actually the Holo Audio "MAY" KTE dac ("KTE" stands for "Kitsune Tuned Edition," Holo Audioā€™s premium version of their "MAY" R-to-R resistor-ladder dac, which is available in three versions: base-level, mid-tier and KTE).

I own the very-well-built Holo Audio ā€™MAYā€™ KTE dac, which I find to be very musical-sounding - it steers clear of the bright edginess of far too many Sigma-Delta chip-based DACs - it is a serious contender standing right alongside the Denafrips Terminator Plus.