Swiftfalcon
100+ Head-Fier
You ranked Pavane over Dave! Is it more resolving? Or is it the tonality?MSB Select 2
Metrum Pavane
DAVE
Yggy
GO V2
Hugo TT
Hugo
Mojo
GO V1
You ranked Pavane over Dave! Is it more resolving? Or is it the tonality?MSB Select 2
Metrum Pavane
DAVE
Yggy
GO V2
Hugo TT
Hugo
Mojo
GO V1
To be honest I've only heard the Dave out of its headphone output and never as a standalone DAC. The Pavane in my system is more resolving and creates a better 3D sound image than just the Dave. And I'm bias towards the pavane tonality.You ranked Pavane over Dave! Is it more resolving? Or is it the tonality?
Easier for me to put these into tiers, rather than to pick one I prefer over another. That said, I do own Yggy A2, Onyx, Qutest, and Cyan. I will put an asterisk next to those DACs I have owned or still own, and two for those I still own.
Tier 4 is what I personally found to be usable for speakers. Those below had something odd, which became too audible for my use in speakers.
Tier 3 is what I personally found to be usable for headphones. I ranked the Hugo 2 here because I liked it with headphones, but not when connected to any of my headphone amplifiers.
Tier 2 is...well, it's a step below the top tier.
Tier 1
Chord Dave
Metrum Pavane
Schiit Yggdrasil Analog 2 (**)
Tier 2
Chord Qutest (**)
Holo Audio Spring Dac Level 3
Metrum Onyx (**)
Schiit Gungnir Multibit (*)
Tier 3
Chord Hugo 2
Holo Audio Cyan (**)
Metrum Amethyst (*)
RME ADI-2 DAC
Soekris dac1541
Tier 4
Arcam irDAC (*)
Meridian Director (*)
PS Audio PerfectWave DAC (*)
Tier 5
Chord Mojo (**)
Grace Design m9xx (**)
Schiit Bifrost Multibit (*)
Schiit Modi Multibit (*)
Some of these I've only heard briefly, and others I owned (*) or at the time I wrote the list, still owned (**).Very a interesting. Have to decid abougado metrum amenthys vs chore Hugo 2. Quat did tou
Prefered?
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Two