[sahmen]

Metrum Acoustics Onyx NOS Dac

 

[Odin412]

I'm curious what DACs people here are using with their Liquid Platinum? Planning on getting an LP and looking at the RME ADI-2 to pair with it, but curious what others are using?

Schiit Bifrost Multibit.

 

[BearlyPizza]

Audiogd R8

 

[atomicbob]

Gungnir MB A2 and Lavry DA11 with Goldpoint SA2X switching between the two and performing input attenuation to Liquid Platinum.

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Vinshine Reference R2R

 

[Schwibbles]

I'm curious what DACs people here are using with their Liquid Platinum? Planning on getting an LP and looking at the RME ADI-2 to pair with it, but curious what others are using?

A Soekris dac1541 and SMSL VMV D1; both sound great with it.

 

[bgbkt]

I'm curious what DACs people here are using with their Liquid Platinum? Planning on getting an LP and looking at the RME ADI-2 to pair with it, but curious what others are using?

Modi Multibit. But now I feel I should upgrade

 

[kumar402]

I am using Chord Mojo and SMSL SU-8 V2 sometimes.
I was planning to get MHDT ORCHID but it has 3V out which may be bit high for LP.

 

[LCMusicLover]

I am using Chord Mojo and SMSL SU-8 V2 sometimes.
I was planning to get MHDT ORCHID but it has 3V out which may be bit high for LP.

Lower than the 4,4 volts from my Pontus.

 

[Zachik]

I'm curious what DACs people here are using with their Liquid Platinum? Planning on getting an LP and looking at the RME ADI-2 to pair with it, but curious what others are using?

Metrum Amethyst.

 

[Wes S]

Metrum Amethyst.

I am interested in this dac. How do you like it, with LP? Have you heard the GUMBY? I am looking at both of these.

 

[Zachik]

I am interested in this dac. How do you like it, with LP? Have you heard the GUMBY? I am looking at both of these.

EXCELLENT question!!! Here is why:
I was debating between those 2 exact DACs myself. Had the opportunity to blind test both A/B style at a friend's house. Was true blind A/B since my friend did the switch back and forth, so I did not know which is which!
I played several familiar tracks, signaling to him when to switch (mid-song).

At the end of the test, 90% of the time I could not tell a difference at all. maybe even 95% of the time...
The very few tracks that I could tell a MINOR difference - it was more of a little different. Not better / worse type of a difference.
Interestingly, I consistently favored the exact same DAC when difference was observed!
That turned to be the Metrum
Price and form factor were advantage to Metrum as well...
Gumby has better connectivity, though (including Balanced out, which Metrum lacks)

All in all, I am very happy with my Metrum Amethyst
Important to note that I do NOT have golden ears, and was never musically trained (never played an instrument, etc) - so in my mind my brain is less observing than other people's. For that reason, other people might A/B same DACs and tell me they hear night and day difference.
Another note is that my friend has better ears / brain than me, and after I was done he told me that for him - the 2 are "more similar than different".

Bottom line Wes - I do not think you could go wrong with either of them!

Hope that helps

 

[Wes S]

Wow Zachik! Thanks for that info!

 

[omniweltall]

Important to note that I do NOT have golden ears,

Most people dont. It is better to ackowledge that, rather than falling for our biases, which a lot of people do.

 

[Fogelstrauss]

I'm curious what DACs people here are using with their Liquid Platinum? Planning on getting an LP and looking at the RME ADI-2 to pair with it, but curious what others are using?

I use adi2 pro with my empyrians. Great product