Hello,
As a relative newbie in higher end equipment I am looking for help in choosing a suitable DAC which nicely complements the rest of my equipment.
I own the Meze Elite headphones (among a few others) and am looking for a suitable DAC. The AMPs I am using are the Topping A90 and soon the Cayin HA-6A. I am listening to a rather wide variety of music, but mostly enjoy Soul and (Hard-)Rock. Properties that are most important for me are detailed and musical/natural.
The budget would be 2000€, but around 1000€ is preferred. I am feeding the DAC through USB.
Interesting DACs I have considered so far are:
Musician Pegasus
Holo Audio Spring 3
Denafrips Ares/Pontus II
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
Chord Qutest
SMSL SU9 or Topping D90/D70
I am slightly leaning towards a R2R DAC, but am a bit worried that it might be too much of smoothness and I might be missing out on detail and precision especially with a tube AMP.
If you need a bit more information about the used equipment I will try to describe it briefly:
Meze Elite: Very smooth and pleasant to listen to, but at the same time detailed. Would describe it as equal parts neutral warm and V-shaped tuning.
A90: Very clean and neutral.
Cayin HA-6A: Have yet to receive it, but have heard it described as very smooth, musical and natural.
Thank you in advance for your help.
As a relative newbie in higher end equipment I am looking for help in choosing a suitable DAC which nicely complements the rest of my equipment.
I own the Meze Elite headphones (among a few others) and am looking for a suitable DAC. The AMPs I am using are the Topping A90 and soon the Cayin HA-6A. I am listening to a rather wide variety of music, but mostly enjoy Soul and (Hard-)Rock. Properties that are most important for me are detailed and musical/natural.
The budget would be 2000€, but around 1000€ is preferred. I am feeding the DAC through USB.
Interesting DACs I have considered so far are:
Musician Pegasus
Holo Audio Spring 3
Denafrips Ares/Pontus II
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
Chord Qutest
SMSL SU9 or Topping D90/D70
I am slightly leaning towards a R2R DAC, but am a bit worried that it might be too much of smoothness and I might be missing out on detail and precision especially with a tube AMP.
If you need a bit more information about the used equipment I will try to describe it briefly:
Meze Elite: Very smooth and pleasant to listen to, but at the same time detailed. Would describe it as equal parts neutral warm and V-shaped tuning.
A90: Very clean and neutral.
Cayin HA-6A: Have yet to receive it, but have heard it described as very smooth, musical and natural.
Thank you in advance for your help.
