garysan
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As title really
What are you using as source and what are you using at the output? Also what file types are you playing?
I had mine on burn-in the week before and had a listen to it that weekend. Maybe I am still to imprinted by my Teac. I just can't get the Arcam to excite me. My ODAC sounds more impressive. So I am wondering if I am doing something wrong.
I used an rDAC wireless in my office system for about 18 months, and never had a single problem with it. I'm done with it.
It was a perfectly fine DAC for the price when it was introduced. If you like the ARCAM house sound, you'll like the rDAC. But it's limited to 96/24 via USB and 44.1/16 via wireless, and it gets curb-stomped in every way by the Concero.
I have no experience with the irDAC, nor am I planning to acquire any. The Concero is good enough to be end-of-the-line for non-critical listening situations.
Has anyone else compared the irDAC to the Schiit Gungnir with USB Gen2? They retails for $700 and $850, respectively, so worth cross-shopping.
The Arcam won WhatHifi's 2013 Award for Best DAC under 500 BPS.
(Their other winners were the AudioLab M-Dac, Chord Chordette QuteHD, and NAIM DAC V1.)
I had no chance to compare irDac to Gungnir but compared it to X-Sabre, which I got here in the forum for the price of Gungnir, and it beats IrDac for me thanks to soundstage depth and imaging when paired with Decware CSP3 amp even when cheap tubes are used but I have cyro treated Tekefunken tubes costing more than a $100 each on its way to me so will see if it will make more difference. Sure your experience will be different depending on amp and if applicable tubes used
Anyway it seems best dac in its price range..