NOS dacs are generally lacking in frequency extremes from my experience. My current dac, a Aqua La Voce S2, feels much less so (if at all), but I feel that it is unfair to compare it to the Metrum or dB reviewed in this thread, since it is both much newer and more expensive.   I completely...

The dB certainly punches above its weight on the used market. Glad you like it as much as I do!

Glad you found it useful!   Can't go wrong with either really. It mostly comes down to weather you need a USB dac (in which case I would choose the dB labs) or need to connect it to more components (in which case the Metrum is an excellent choice). I'm in the process of moving away from the...

My NOS dac (Non-oversampling) addiction started with a Moodlab Concept of tnt-audio fame. I bought it for my office system where I wanted to enjoy fatigue free music for hours at end. It wasn’t comparable to the Stello DA100 that I used in my main system but had a musicality that I kept coming...