o That is true, this is so dificult....

I guess I'll just do a side by side test But I am scared to do so, or at least, my wallet is,,, :D

I am afraid to try the akurate, it's a 600€ difference and I already have a hard time getting the money for the majik together. If it is that much better I will only be frustrated in the end. I already heared the majik and thought it was excellent so I guess I should just try the majik (I get to...

To everyone who might be interested, I a little update on the question I asked earlier, I decided it would probably be smarter to get the Linn right away, instead of buying something cheaper and then regretting my purchase and having to buy the linn anyway later on. I am going to pick up a...

Thanks so much for the advice! I'm already doing everything I can to be able to afford the Majik DS, wanting a klimax or akurate would be a disaster for me haha!

Could both work well with sennheiser HD650's? Or would one of the two be favorable?

It sounds like you do find the gungnir to be one of the better dacs available. Which would the detailed one be and which would the smooth one be between the gungnir and the x-sabre? I haven't tried either yet

By the way purrin, how do you think the gungnir compares to other dacs like chord, naim, ps audio, metrum, matrix etc... and maybe even the linn majik ds?

Thanks! I really hope I can get the momey together for a linn

I wish I could get the money together... I tried one last week and the sound was spectacular! I was wondering though, is it possible to hook up a wifi to ethernet device to the linn ethernet input? I can't run an ethernet cable to where my hifi room is so i would have to use a wifi-> ethernet...

Thanks for the two posts above! good options, still pretty costly though unfortunately though considering I can buy a used majik DS for 1500€ at this moment

I recently tried a Linn Majik DS, does anyone know a dac that comes close in sound to the Linn Majik DS's?

Possibly the bright sound of the M-DAC wouldn't be so bad with the HD650s though? Also may I ask what you paid for your octave? I see prices on them range from 300€ to 1000€

I should indeed probably stay away from the metrum then. Sound slike a great DAc but probably not a great match with the HD650's. Thanks so much for your help! The Gungnir, Nuwave and MDAC are just a few options that I had on my mind, I have no serious considerations to buy any of those yet.

Sounds Great! I am definitely interested and will look into meier some more! Talking about Schiit, I was also considering their Gungnir, seems like a lot of bang for the buck. Also audiolab's M-DAC and PS audio's Nuwave look very interesting to me. And so does the Metrum octave dac