Hi guys,
Trying to decide what my next logical upgrade is from the BF2. I've had the Yggy GS and Gumby and the BF2 is detailed, very smooth but they sound rather flat. Not D/S flat but not as dynamic as I'd hoped. I'm wondering if the issue is because I'm running them from SE. I plan on pairing my next DAC with a tube amp so having SE outputs that are gimped is going to be a problem. I'm thinking of getting the Topping D90 as it's said to be very detailed and pairing it with a nice tube amp like the DecWare or BHC would allow me to circumvent it's downfalls (small soundstage, flat sound, brighter leanings, etc.) Does anyone want to chime in? At this point pairing a R2R or multibit DAC with a tube amp that I plan to tune warm doesn't seem to make much sense to me as it's be overly congested. Yggy A2 is tuned like the BF2, the Gumby was nice but seems to only sound its best from balanced, and the Amethyst/Metrum offerings might be too warm to mix with a warm amp.