DAC popularity check
Apr 25, 2011 at 4:17 PM Post #466 of 516
 
Entry-level: 274

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (9)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End: 63

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (5)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)

 


 
Apr 25, 2011 at 4:39 PM Post #467 of 516
Entry-level: 274

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-level: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (9)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)
 
Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)
 





 
Apr 26, 2011 at 7:55 PM Post #468 of 516


Quote:
robot metal said:
In my opinion, *-end should be determined based on price alone because price isn't subjective and we don't have to argue about it. It does, however, give off the misconception that you always get what you pay for, so just keep in mind it's not true.

Anyway, it ROUGHLY seems that low-end is ~$150, mid-end is $200-500 and high-end is often in the thousands.
Click to expand...

 
Well, then I think the categories should not be called "low end" etc., but rather "low price" etc.  
 
 
 
Apr 26, 2011 at 8:02 PM Post #469 of 516
 
Inexpensive [<$300]: 274

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-price [~$300-$1000]: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (9)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End [>$1000]: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)


Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)
 
 
 
Apr 26, 2011 at 8:17 PM Post #470 of 516
Based on the new criteria the Devilsound DAC cables should be moved up to mid-tier, which is how I felt about them with the old criteria. Technically the v2 was $299, but the v2.1 was $399; the only difference between the two versions is cryo treatment. The Matrix Mini-i is over $300 as well. I say move them or change the threshold to <$400. The other solution is to make the cutoffs at $299 and $999 because of the MSRPs involved, that way the balanced DAC Magic could be at the start of mid-tier like the Devilsounds and the Mini-i, and out of the uDac/Hot Audio category. I don't think that any balanced desktop DACs should be in the bottom category so $299 makes sense. The Music Hall 25.2 should be moved to mid-tier regardless and there are many more errors I am sure, this is just a cursory scan on my part. The ranking is less subjective now, that is a definite improvement.
 
One area that I am not sure about is things like the DAC Mini and Grace M902, where you are paying a pretty penny for a decent headamp section; the CEntrance could be in the lower category, or the Grace could be in the tip tier for example, depending on how much price weight you give to that.
 
Apr 26, 2011 at 8:47 PM Post #471 of 516
So base upon my post above I moved a few things up that I know are $299+ to include the balanced desktop DACs like the ones that I mentioned in the mid tier. I also changed the top tier to $899+ because that is where the top balanced AudioGD DACs start for example and the W4S DAC1 goes for $999. I'm sure there is much more work to do here as far as moving things around (and re-totalling the categories) but I hope that you guys agree on this distribution, as it makes a bit more sense to me this way:
 
Quote:
avu said:
 
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Inexpensive [<$299]: 274

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Creative Extigy (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-price [~$299-$899]: 155

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

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Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

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Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

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Wadia 12 (1)

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Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



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Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

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Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

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Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

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Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)
Click to expand...


I think that I have come up with a decent compromise, if you guys agree (AVU and Robot Metal), I will re-total these categories and we can move on with this criteria. If not I suppose I could delete this or just re-post it to reflect my Devilsound addition only.
 
 
Apr 27, 2011 at 1:22 AM Post #472 of 516
Grokit, I think your changes make a lot of sense, and you should keep them.  Let's leave out the dac/amp problem for now, leaving things like centrance or Yulong's D-100 in the mid-tier, because trying to judge what percentage of the price comes from the amp seems wildly subjective.  Maybe we could include a brief note next to those that aren't pure dacs indicating they are "DAC/AMPS" that way people could know themselves that these are hybrid. 
 
Apr 27, 2011 at 1:43 AM Post #474 of 516
 
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Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (24)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (9)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (7)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (7)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (19)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (10)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End [>$1000]: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)


Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)

 
Apr 27, 2011 at 1:51 AM Post #475 of 516
 
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Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (25)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Creative Extigy (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (9)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (7)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (7)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (19)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (10)

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Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End [>$1000]: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)


Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)

 
Apr 27, 2011 at 1:58 AM Post #476 of 516
 
Quote:
avu said:
Grokit, I think your changes make a lot of sense, and you should keep them.  Let's leave out the dac/amp problem for now, leaving things like centrance or Yulong's D-100 in the mid-tier, because trying to judge what percentage of the price comes from the amp seems wildly subjective.  Maybe we could include a brief note next to those that aren't pure dacs indicating they are "DAC/AMPS" that way people could know themselves that these are hybrid. 
Click to expand...

 
Evidently shipsupt didn't agree, I'm sure it was an oversight. I will give it another try >
 
Apr 27, 2011 at 2:12 AM Post #477 of 516
 
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Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Creative Extigy (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (8)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



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Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

 

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (23)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2 (2)

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (6)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

 

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

 

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (9)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End [>$899]: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)


Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)

 
Apr 27, 2011 at 2:17 AM Post #478 of 516
Inexpensive [<$299]: 275

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Creative Extigy (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (9)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (6)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-price [~$299-$899]: 158

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)
 
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (24)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2 (2)

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (7)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)
 
Matrix Mini-i (2)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
 
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (18)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (10)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End [>$899]: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)

Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)
 
 
Apr 27, 2011 at 2:46 AM Post #479 of 516
Isn't much of the information about the popularity of DAC already compiled by the Head-fi link here? : http://www.head-fi.org/products/category/dacs
To get a much more precise data, maybe encourage all members to click on the devices that they own under the HEAD GEAR tab and click "add to your list".
 
Apr 27, 2011 at 2:54 AM Post #480 of 516
Corrected since mine was skipped.
 
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Inexpensive [<$299]: 275

Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)

Alien (1)

AOL Picollo DAC (1)

Apogee Duet (6)

Asus Essence STX (7)

Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)

Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0

Audio-gd Compass (21)

Audio-gd Compass - FUN (4)

Audio-gd Sparrow (2)

Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)

AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)

Bantam (1)

Behringer DEQ2496 (2)

Behringer SRC2496 (1)

Beresford TC-7510 (2)

Beresford TC-7520 (6)

Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)

Creative Extigy (1)

Creative Xmod (2)

Diyeden Great March II (1)

Echo Gina 3G (1)

Edirol UA-25 (1)

EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)

EMU-0202 (1)

Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier

Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)

Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)

Gamma1 (9)

Headamp Pico dac only (11)

Headamp Pico dac/amp (9)

Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)

HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)

Hot Audio DAC WOW

HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)

HotAudio Dac Straight (2)

HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)

iBasso D10 (13)

iBasso D4 (4)

iBasso D3 (1)

iBasso D2 (5)

iBasso D1 (3)

Keces DA-151 mkI (2)

Keces DA-151 mkII (6)

Lite DAC-AH (2)

Little Dot DAC_I (6)

Little Dot DAC II (1)

M-audio transit (2)

M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)

M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)

M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)

Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)

Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)

MF VDAC (11)

Moodlab Concept (4)

Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)

Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)

Nuforce Icon (0)

Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)

Nuforce Icon µDac (17)

RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)

RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)

RSA The Predator (6)

Scott Nixon DacKit (1)

Silverstone EB01 (3)

Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)

Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)

Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)

Tascam US122L(1)

TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)

Tianyun Zero (7)

Theta DS Pro Basic (1)

Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)

Travagan's Green (1)

Trends Audio 10.1 (1)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)

Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)

Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)



Mid-price [~$299-$899]: 158

Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)

Adcom GDP600 (1)

Adcom GDA700 (2)

Apogee Mini-DAC (1)

Apuresound DAC (1)

Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (14)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)

Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)

Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)

Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)

Audio Research Dac 1-20

Audio Sector USB DAC (1)

Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)

Benchmark DAC 1 (14)

Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)

beyer Headzone (1)

Cambridge Audio 840C (1)

 

Cambridge Audio DacMagic (24)

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)

Centrance DACport (1)

Devilsound DAC (1)

Devilsound V2 (2)

Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)

Cary Exciter (1)

C.E.C. DA53 (1)

CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)

Counterpoint DA-10 (1)

EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)

Gamma-2 DAC (13)

Grace Design m902 (3)

Headroom Micro DAC (7)

Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)

Lavry DA10 (7)

 

Matrix Mini-i (2)

Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)

Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)

MHDT Contstantine (2)

MHDT Havana (5)

MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)

P1000 power base (1)

OMZ DAC (2)

Opus (2)

Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)

 

Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)

Music Streamer+(2)

Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)

North Star M192mkI (3)

Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)

Parasound DAC1100HD (3)

Parasound DAC1600HD (2)

Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)

Peachtree Audio Nova (2)

Presonus Central Station (3)

PS Audio DLIII (19)

RME FireFace 400 (1)

Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)

Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)

Sony DAS-702ES (1)

Stello DA100 (10)

Stello DA100 Signature (2)

Stello DA220 (1)

Stello DA220 Mk II (3)

TADAC 2008 (1)

Wadia 12 (1)

Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)

Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)



High-End [>$899]: 64

Abrahamsen V6 DAC

Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)

Audio-gd Reference One (7)

Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)


Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)

Ayon Skylla (1)

Ayre USB DAC (1)

Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)

Bel Canto DAC3 (3)

Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)

Buffalo Sabre32 (6)

Buffalo II (1)

Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)

Decware ZDAC-1 (2)

Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)

Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)

Esoteric D-05 (1)

Esoteric D-70 (1)

Lavry DA11 (3)

Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)

Logitech Transporter (2)

Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)

MBL 1511D (1)

Modwright Transporter (1)

Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)

MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)

MSB Platinum DAC III (2)

Audio AC-Regenerator (1)

North Star 192MkII DAC (2)

PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)

Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)

Sennheiser HEV90 (1)

Sonicweld Decoder (1)

Stax DAC Talent (1)

Stello DP200 (2)

Weiss DAC2 (1)

Wadia 521 (1)

Wadia 781i (1)

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (3)

 
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