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post #16 of 22
2/8/13 at 5:56pm

Burson Conductor Dac section is pretty good, transparent and detailed. I like it over the benchmark DAC1 in some aspects (musicality) i dont know how it stands against the DAC2 yet 

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post #17 of 22
2/12/13 at 9:16am

Speaking of High End products:

 

AMP:

The GS-1 / GS-X / GS-X mk2 / DIY Dynahi = The ultimate in "Transparency"  IMO

 

DAC:

The PWD2 is a good one.  I'm now looking very hard at the Master 7 by Audio-gd.  I have not heard it yet.  However, It's said to be a very revealing dac to the point of if will put a spot light on bad recordings. 

 

USB:

The USB implementation is very important if USB is what your using.  

 

This is just IMO:  The ODAC use old technology.  USB audio has come a long way sense the release of the ODAC. ie..  (XMOS / USB32).

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post #18 of 22
2/18/13 at 8:36pm

mistake

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post #19 of 22
2/21/13 at 3:41am

Based upon what I read about them, the Violectric V800 DAC and V200 amp might fit your bill as well. Done by a studio-oriented outfit called Lake People with the premise of 'No sound', i.e. aiming for transparency in the sense of avoiding coloration (their G109 amp might also be worth a look).

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post #20 of 22
2/21/13 at 7:31am
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Based upon what I read about them, the Violectric V800 DAC and V200 amp might fit your bill as well. Done by a studio-oriented outfit called Lake People with the premise of 'No sound', i.e. aiming for transparency in the sense of avoiding coloration (their G109 amp might also be worth a look).


I dunno about V800, but V200 isn't exactly that neutral. Sure there's plenty of detail and good instrument separation but it tends to move toward the warmer more analogue sound - so in a way I would say there is a certain amount of coloration to the sound through the V200.

 

Maybe the Grace M902 is a good alternative to for example a DAC1?

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post #21 of 22
2/21/13 at 7:46am

The V200 I demoed was far from neutral. Big bass lacking texture, hard sound and rolled highs.
 

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post #22 of 22
2/21/13 at 7:52am
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Still prefer DAC2 HGC - available measurements are stunning!

 

But for 2000USD, I would rather save a bit more in order to get Smyth Realiser.

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