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My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each
@bdp24 He streams like a lot of us do; we don’t need to "buy" music.  
Streamer creates a Wow experience
I read the reviews on the Pegasus and the Draco and I would likely go for the Pegasus.  One thing I noted was the Draco was best used with the balanced outputs (XLR) and I only have single ended equipment.  I'd be using this with my 45SE tube mono... 
Streamer creates a Wow experience
@soix I received the new power supply today and so far everything sounds very nice.  I can tell that things are a bit smoother and just overall "better".  Certainly haven't noticed any worse performance.  I guess one thing to consider it I'm runni... 
Streamer creates a Wow experience
Soix... thanks for the BH link, I just bought one of the $75 15v power supplies for my ifi Zen Stream.  Should be here Thursday.  
Higher End DACs
@tubeguy76 cant talk about Denafrips, never had a chance to listen, but had and enjoyed very much a Chord Qutest. It has a natural tone, is detailed and sweet. You can also select different filters that alter the sound. The orange filter mellows t... 
Higher End DACs
I hope this is an ok place to ask this question.  I'm looking to replace my current DAC which is a SMSL DO200 and move that to my PC for headphone use.  I was looking at the Chord Qutest and the Denafrips Ares II or Pontus II.  I can get the Chord...