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@navyachts  Recent reviews by TAS are the PS Audio Direct Stream Dac MK2 are  that it is an amazing Dac .. It's List Price is $8K  and I believe there is a 30 day MBG. 

My digital setup is an Auralic Aries G2.2, Chord Mscaler and Chord TT2.. cables are Shunyata Sigma USB ,a pair of Shunyata Sigma Spdif v.2  Shunyata power cords.

I took a peek at you system very nice, Except your cables suck. Sorry just being honest.  I'd look at Shunyata for power. Venom EF, or what ever you budget is. Delta NR.. Speaker cables Shunyata's are very good as are AudioQuest, Audience AV, Wireworld.. I truly think you will be blown away by how much performance you haven't been hearing.

Assuming you live in the US, I would strongly recommend that you talk with the folks at The Cable Company. and Borrow some cables to try. You will be very impressed. Ask for John.. good luck!

@carlsbad2 @axeis1 Thanks guys. The Chord products get rave reviews and was considering the TT2 and the Mscaler combo and yes, I will get to those cables...    one day!

Well, I've had my Mojo Mystique Y AM dac for a few days. It certainly brings out more of the recording than my ANK 4.1x. I wouldn't say it sounds better but it is more resolving. The Mystique is still settling in so we'll see.. hear. One of my current favorite tracks is Ambrose Akinmusire's ROY - it sounds gorgeous through the ANK, but the hair on the back of my neck stood up when I heard it through the Mystique.

And, cables do matter. I had a pair of Mojo Audio silver interconnects hooked up to my ANK when the Mystique arrived. I did not like the all Mojo combination. I'm not a big fan of silver but they did sound good with the ANK. I put in my usual Audio Tekne cables and everything immediately sounded right.

Norman

@nrthomas2 at twice the price the Mystique should better the ANK!                   Ya had me going for a minute though when you mentioned "Mojo" I thought you were talking Chord Mojo...LOL

@audphile1 Well, I finally got around to taking the FMCs out of the equation and oddly enough, the system sounds better with them in place, at least to my ears!

Another thing I found was moving further back from the speakers sounded better. They are only 6.6’ apart due to space limitations and I was sitting 10 feet away. If I sit 15’ away, things sound better.

I will play around some more on the weekend, but I would say at this point the Gustard R26 is performing well. I would love to try some other DACs I just need to figure out on just how to do that!

There needs to be some sort of a DAC Club, so people could swap DACs around and try some different products out.