DAC popularity check

Jul 21, 2011 at 6:22 AM Post #511 of 516
hmm, this thread is looking quite misleading due to some dac's here being rather aged compared to newer ones. I say this because looking at numbers only, it's incredibly hard to gauge current trends, especially since most new contributors have stopped highlighting their additions in bold.
 
sorry - i've been looking around all day for a dac that suits me and it's only lead me in circles.
 
Dec 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM Post #512 of 516
Yeah, this list is pretty misleading.  Centrance Dacport - 1 ?!?  Please - I know of at least 10 head-fi'ers who own this.  Eastern Electric Minimax, at least 5.  It's incredibly arbitrary.
 
Jun 4, 2013 at 9:40 AM Post #513 of 516
High End Dac:
 
MSB Platinum Dac III with Upsample board.
(this dac is 384\32 bit)
 
Beautiful, smooth highs.
 
Reasonably priced for high end if you can find one..
 
Joe
 
Jun 4, 2013 at 12:45 PM Post #514 of 516
Wow I forgot about this thread. Schiit Gungnir, fed by a V-link 192
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Jun 8, 2013 at 7:23 PM Post #515 of 516
Violectric V800 (desktop rig)
Stello DA-100 (stereo rig)
 
Oct 10, 2014 at 6:02 AM Post #516 of 516
Inexpensive [<$299]: 281
 
  1. Entech Number Cruncher 203.2 (1)
  2. Alien (1)
  3. AOL Picollo DAC (1)
  4. Apogee Duet (6)
  5. Asus Essence STX (7)
  6. Audio Alchemy DDE v1.1 (1)
  7. Audio Alchemy DDE v.3.0
  8. Audio-gd Compass (21)
  9. Audio-gd Compass - FUN (5)
  10. Audio-gd Sparrow (2)
  11. Audiotrak DR.DAC2 DX (2)
  12. AUNE mini DAC + amp (1)
  13. Bantam (1)
  14. Behringer DEQ2496 (3)
  15. Behringer SRC2496 (1)
  16. Beresford TC-7510 (2)
  17. Beresford TC-7520 (6)
  18. Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (4)
  19. Creative Extigy (1)
  20. Creative Xmod (2)
  21. Diyeden Great March II (1)
  22. Echo Gina 3G (1)
  23. Edirol UA-25 (1)
  24. EMU-0404 (9)EMU-1212m (1)
  25. EMU-0202 (1)
  26. EMU-0204 (1)
  27. Firestone Audio Bravo w/Supplier
  28. Firestone Audio Fubar II (1)
  29. Firestone Audio Fubar II and Supplier (1)
  30. Gamma1 (9)
  31. Gigalab Moon DAC (1)
  32. Headamp Pico dac only (11)
  33. Headamp Pico dac/amp (10)
  34. Heed Q-PSU+DACtilus (1)
  35. HotAudio DAC-Extasy (1)
  36. Hot Audio DAC WOW
  37. HotAudio Dac Destroyer (2)
  38. HotAudio Dac Straight (2)
  39. HotAudio HotUSB1 (3)
  40. iBasso D10 (13)
  41. iBasso D4 (4)
  42. iBasso D3 (1)
  43. iBasso D2 (5)
  44. iBasso D1 (3)
  45. Keces DA-151 mkI (2)
  46. Keces DA-151 mkII (6)
  47. Lite DAC-AH (2)
  48. Little Dot DAC_I (6)
  49. Little Dot DAC II (1)
  50. M-audio transit (2)
  51. M-Audio Firewire Solo (1)
  52. M-Audio FireWire 410 (1)
  53. M-Audio ProFire 610 (1)
  54. Maverick Audio Tube Magic (5)
  55. Meier-Audio Corda Move (1)
  56. MF VDAC (12)
  57. Moodlab Concept (4)
  58. Musiland LILO3 Deluxe (1)
  59. Musiland Monitior 02 US (9)
  60. Nuforce Icon (0)
  61. Nuforce Icon Mobile (3)
  62. Nuforce Icon µDac (19)
  63. RME DIGI96/8 PAD (1)
  64. RME Hammerfall 9632 (highly modified and with crazy custom digital breakout) (1)
  65. RSA The Predator (6)
  66. Scott Nixon DacKit (1)
  67. Silverstone EB01 (3)
  68. Styleaudio Carat-Emerald (1)
  69. Styleaudio Carat UD1 (1)
  70. Super Pro USB DAC 707 (3)
  71. Tascam US122L(1)
  72. TC Electronics Konnekt 8 (1)
  73. Tianyun Zero (7)
  74. Theta DS Pro Basic (1)
  75. Theta DS Pro Basic II (1)
  76. Travagan's Green (1)
  77. Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
  78. Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
  79. Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (2)
  80. Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.5 (2)
  81. Yulong DAH1 Mark II (1)Zhaolu D2.00 (2)
 
Mid-price [~$299-$899]: 166
 
  1. Ack! Dack! 2.0 (2)
  2. Adcom GDP600 (1)
  3. Adcom GDA700 (2)
  4. Apogee Mini-DAC (1)
  5. Apuresound DAC (1)
  6. Arcam rDAC (1)
  7. Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 / DF / DSP (15)
  8. Audio-GD NFB-2/3 (1)
  9. Audio-GD Reference 5 DF (1)
  10. Audio-GD Reference 5 DSP (5)
  11. Audio-GD DAC9MK3 (1)
  12. Audio By Van Alstine Ultra-DAC (Fet-Valve) (1)
  13. Audio Research Dac 1-20
  14. Audio Sector USB DAC (1)
  15. Bel Canto Dac 2 (2)
  16. beyer Headzone (1)
  17. Cambridge Audio 840C (1)
  18. Cambridge Audio DacMagic (29)
  19. Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
  20. Centrance DACport (1)
  21. Devilsound DAC (1)
  22. Devilsound V2 (2)
  23. Devilsound v2.1 Snowflake (1)
  24. Cary Exciter (1)
  25. C.E.C. DA53 (1)
  26. CEntrance DACmini (1)
  27. CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (4)
  28. Counterpoint DA-10 (1)
  29. EAD DSP 7000 mkIII (1)
  30. Gamma-2 DAC (13)
  31. Grace Design m902 (3)
  32. Headroom Micro DAC (7)
  33. Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (5)
  34. Hegel HD2 (1)
  35. Lavry DA10 (7)
  36. Matrix Mini-i (2)
  37. Mach 1 Acoustics DM-S Digital Decoder (1)
  38. Meier-Audio StageDAC (6)
  39. MHDT Contstantine (2)
  40. MHDT Havana (6)
  41. MSB Link III + Upsampler module +Nuforce HDP (2)
  42. P1000 power base (1)
  43. Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
  44. Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
  45. Music Streamer+(2)
  46. Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
  47. North Star M192mkI (3)
  48. OMZ DAC (2)
  49. Opus (2)
  50. Parasound D/AC 1000 (1)
  51. Parasound DAC1100HD (3)
  52. Parasound DAC1600HD (2)
  53. Parasound D/AC 2000 Ultra (1)
  54. Peachtree Audio Nova (2)
  55. Perpetual Technologies P3a Modwright modded (1)
  56. Presonus Central Station (3)
  57. PS Audio DLIII (21)
  58. RME FireFace 400 (1)
  59. Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 (1)
  60. Sonic Frontiers TransDAC (modded) (1)
  61. Sony DAS-702ES (1)
  62. Stello DA100 (10)
  63. Stello DA100 Signature (2)
  64. Stello DA220 (1)
  65. Stello DA220 Mk II (3)
  66. TADAC 2008 (1)
  67. Wadia 12 (1)
  68. Yulong D100 (1)
  69. Zhaolu D2.5A w/ Zapfilter (1)
  70. Zhalou d1.3 modified (1)
 
High-End [>$899]: 72
 
  1. Abrahamsen V6 DAC
  2. Anedio D1 (2)
  3. Antelope Audio Zodiac Plus (1)
  4. Audio-gd Reference One (7)
  5. Audio-gd Reference Seven (2)
  6. Audio By VanAlstine Vision EC Hybrid DAC (1)
  7. Audio Note Dac Kit 2.1B (1)
  8. Ayon Skylla (1)
  9. Ayre USB DAC (1)
  10. Modded Bel Canto DAC2 (1)
  11. Bel Canto DAC3 (3)
  12. Benchmark DAC 1 (15)
  13. Benchmark DAC-1 PRE (4)
  14. Berkeley Audio Design DAC (1)
  15. Blue Circle BC-509 (1)
  16. Buffalo Sabre32 (7)
  17. Buffalo II (1)
  18. Burson Audio HA-160D (1)
  19. Camelot Technologies Uther DAC v2 MkIV (1)
  20. Decware ZDAC-1 (2)
  21. Dodson DA-217 MK II D (1)
  22. EAD DSP-9000 mk. III (1)
  23. Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (6)
  24. Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (1)
  25. Esoteric D-05 (1)
  26. Esoteric D-70 (1)
  27. Hertsens Signature DAC (1)
  28. Lavry DA11 (3)
  29. Lector CDP-7T MK I (1)
  30. Linn Klimax (Renew) DS (1)
  31. Logitech Transporter (2)
  32. Mark Levinson No. 35 (1)
  33. MBL 1511D (1)
  34. Modwright Transporter (2)
  35. Monarchy Audio NM24 (2)
  36. MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
  37. MSB Platinum DAC III (2)
  38. Audio AC-Regenerator (1)
  39. North Star 192MkII DAC (2)
  40. PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (5)
  41. Red Wine Audio Isabellina (4)
  42. Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
  43. Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 mk. III/Assemblage D2D-1 (1)
  44. Sonicweld Decoder (1)
  45. Stax DAC Talent (1)
  46. Stello DP200 (2)
  47. Weiss DAC2 (1)
  48. Wadia 521 (1)
  49. Wadia 781i (1)
  50. Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 (6)
 
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