jonta_dj
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I'm looking for a new DAC so in the pursuit I've been comparing these two units for a while. I've compared them both with speakers and (mostly) headphones. Head phones Sennheiser HD650 and head phone amps Musical Fidelity XCan V3 and Audio-GD C2. Long story, short. I liked Audio-GD best and on the speaker system I found the Hegel DAC more boomy (bass) and louder.
I've listened to varios music back and forth. The DACs have a very different sound from each other. Over all I liked the Audio-GD dac 19 the best. For example:
Strings and flute sounds more real to me on the Audio-GD (Ennio Morricone fistful of film music).
Not sure about voice but especially banjo and percussion sounds more real (otis taylor - recapturing the banjo).
Guitar and espcially the distorted guitar sounds more timid (not as much attack) in the Hegel in the intro (Bryan Adams - Summer of 69).
I've listened to varios music back and forth. The DACs have a very different sound from each other. Over all I liked the Audio-GD dac 19 the best. For example:
Strings and flute sounds more real to me on the Audio-GD (Ennio Morricone fistful of film music).
Not sure about voice but especially banjo and percussion sounds more real (otis taylor - recapturing the banjo).
Guitar and espcially the distorted guitar sounds more timid (not as much attack) in the Hegel in the intro (Bryan Adams - Summer of 69).
