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I am down to the last piece of the puzzle. I am very happy with the sound of my system at this point, so I’m not sure if the DAC needs to be improved on. What I am looking for is to hear those background subtleties in the music a little more pronounced. The strum of a guitar, the stroke of the piano keys, the clicks, ticks & tingles that accompany the music. I do here that now, I just wondered if there is a way to elaborate on those background sounds (details) a bit more.

Is it the DAC that will make this happen? If it is, they say my Gustard R26 is as good as a $5K DAC, how far over that $5K do you think I have to go?

Thank you for your help and suggestions and the best to you all over the holiday season and beyond!

PS: I listen mostly to Jazz

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@nrthomas2 OK, got it. His stuff ain't cheap! Let me know how it sounds compared to what ya got. Thanks.

No. Not cheap:) But, having been in this hobby for many years I think his prices are more than reasonable. It is easy to make lateral moves in any given price range. I'm not interested in lateral moves these days. I love the sound of my ANK dac and realize that to get more music (via a dac change) I will likely need to spend at least 5k. Given my current system this seems like rational decision. I'll let you know how things go.

  • I highly recommend checking out Mojo
  • Audio. Ben will answer his phone and spend much time with 
  • you. As you'll see, Ben has garnered countless awards.
  • He has discounted models available. For cables, Zavino, not cheap.
  • Cerious Technologies. Great company, great products.Audio Envy, 
  • less expensive, very good products! On ans on and on.
  • Good luck, and call Ben.

Have gold note ds10 and evo power supply as Roon End point and it is end game good - sounds fab on my full range and monitor systems.  You can get the units on sale or used/ demo.   The power supply color is immaterial since placed at least a shelf below and to the left of the streamer/ DAC.   If you have a great preamp just use streamer/ DAC.

@ryanvt Gold note comes up a lot, thanks for your suggestion. I will look into this further, for sure!