Hi, new member here on whatsbest. English isn't my native language so forgive a spelling Error.
For me the last year was when i got really interested in streaming, before that for my personal taste the quality wasn't near my cd oriënted system. Now sold my cd players, had a Classe CDP-202 and a...
Always found the Nordost line giving a great price performance ratio. Started years back with the super flatline gold (double flatline gold in shotgun setup) and a pair of red dawn interconnects. Later switched to a full red dawn cable setup. Powercords, interlink and speakercable.
After that...
Also was a long search with testing different brands of dacs like Audio GD, Mytek, Chord and some more.
So i'm glad i have found a beautiful dac and a great headphone amp that worked fantastic in my system.
Guess we all learn from experience in this way while looking for the best possible...
For me the most important thing is it has to be a great DAC but also a great headphone amp. Soundquality and the way it's presented is always up for discussion over a certain point, lots of dacs are very good but it's more to your taste. Of course all in the pricerange you can or will pay for...
Absolutely amazing sounding but the price wasn't in line with the rest of my setup. At the dealer when demoed i could hear a noticeble difference against the A series, at home this wasn't justifying the price difference.
( almost €50k in price difference between dealer setup and mine )
So got...
Maybe check out the Luxman DA-250.
Always wanted AMPS, CD and DACS that gave the most detailed sound, was a huge fan of micro detail. Always had the feeling i was missing out on something. Friend had bought a Luxman Amp, missed the micro datils but so very much enjoyed the rich and fluid way...