dac wars

I auditioned at my home both the Belcanto and Birbland Dacs. They are both very good. I favor (and purchased) the Belcanto dac1 because of the extended bass response.

Cdguru. What does the country of orgin have to do with the quality of a product? That's bullshit. Wave the flag at usa.com, this is an audio site.

Anyone else heard the Birdland against the Belcanto? What were the strengths of both? What is your system? Thanks

A few days have passed and I have had a chance to listen to the Bel Canto DAC1 against my SFCD1. I expected the Bel Canto to smoke the Sonic because of what everyone was saying. That was not the case. I recently put NOS Amprex tubes in my Sonic Frontiers that made it significantly better. I can hear more in to the music with the Sonic. The imaging is better, it is richer, and draws me more to the soul of the music. The Bel Canto is great, and if I was buying today, I would take the Bel Canto because it is $2500 less and almost as good. You may hear it another way but I hear the Sonic Frontiers SFCD1 as better than the Pioneer DV525 with the Bel Canto DAC1.

Hi 84audio; It's nice to hear (see?) the opinion of an informed and honest person. Cheers. Craig