Every system is different. I recently compared a Mola Mola Tambaqui, DCS Bartok, and DCS Rossini APEX DAC to my Chord Dave DAC in my system. A couple of weeks after the DAC comparisons I had a home audition of a Antipodes Oladra music server. I heard more signicant differences between the Oladra and my Antipodes K21/ K41 combination than between the DACs that I listened to.
15k for streamer and dac....how much on each?
for a music first, streaming only, two channel system.......with 15k in pocket (can buy new or used) is the general rule of thumb 50/50 split on the budget?
do any all in one units at this price point compare to separates?
What choice did you land on at your respective budgets?
I've not had the greatest experience with streamers.....sound more similar than dissimilar to my admittedly non golden untrained ears
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There are certainly no absolutes though @ricred1 details an experience closer to my own. Every DAC has a favored input type and file type. Use the wrong one and streamers may sound the same. Use the right one and you might enjoy the appreciable differences between the streamer. A home audition is a must. And that audition should really include trying the various inputs on your DAC with high quality cables. Personally, I think 50/50 is about right but there are so many factors it’s hard to draw any specific conclusions. It would also help If you tell us what you’re considering and why, along with the rest of your equipment Best,. |
+1 At most, 70/30 in favor of the DAC. As Carlsbad stated, the DAC is the heart. Somehow, audiophiles have lost their way and are trying to convince themselves that we need $10K streamers. I'm running a $19K DAC with a $5K streamer and would not change anything except moving up to the next-level DAC within that product line. In my opinion, the streamer contributes, at most, 25% of the sound quality. A dealer with whom I'm acquainted has a very high-end home system but uses a Bluesound as his streamer. If this guy weren't such a straight shooter, I would have called BS on this one! |
thanks all my system is always changing while remaining a 2 channel music streaming system at heart I would say I favour pieces that can act as tools....in the sense that they have the potential to play nice with a wide variety of other components I'm newer to this but have gone in deep over the past couple years I've come close to establishing certain baselines with amps and speakers, this has taken some work the dac / streamer part still has me learning as I have great difficulty hearing differences with these components I enjoy buying and switching gear and trying new things I'm not a traditional audiophile by any stretch and don't quite see or maybe understand how you guys view gear...still trying to learn, I enjoy music in many forms, grew up heavy on the club scene and car audio scene...later concerts of all types
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