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DAP-off! Astell&Kern, Sony, HiFiMan, Chord, FiiO, Lotoo, Soundaware, Hiby, Cayin & others
Round 1: Anakchan kindly lent me some of his gear and I already have a couple of great DAPs on hand, so I thought I'd do an ongoing shoot-out between them. Anakchan lent me: HiFiMAN HM-901 with balanced card. Sony ZX-1. Getting music on to this will be interesting, but I'll figure it...- Currawong
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Realistically, how much of a difference will I notice upgrading my DAC?
I'm currently listening to my HE-500s through a bifrost. Was looking to possibly upgrade the DAC (1000 budget). I was looking at dacs such as benchmark and apogee. I have no qualms with my current setup, but I'm curious to see how a better DAC will improve the sound, or if I will even...- mac336
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- blue-circle halide-design-dac-hd calyx-audio dedicated-source-components asus-xonar-essence-one peachtree-audio hifiman-he-500 dacs schiit-audio-bifrost-dac centrance-dacport-lx-ultra-low-noise-portable-usb-dac yulong
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components