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Old 03-30-2022, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by grey17 View Post
Jolida makes good equipment but in the 1500 - 3000 price range there have been a lot of great DACs released in the last few years. On the organic side there are brands such as Merason and Borderpatrol or if you prefer transparency, Chord and Denafrips. Accuphase has a dedicated DAC card if you want to go with a single box solution. The great thing about Accuphase is it has a house sound leaning towards a slight warmth with the ability to extract the dimensional space out of the recording. Beyond that it presents your source as is, so you should definitely hear any upgrade you make to your DAC.
Thanks for the 411 on Merason and Border Patrol. Those DAC's are intriguing to me given the way I like music reproduced in my home. Border Patrol offers a 14-day trial period, but I'm not sure about Merason. One other thing, I found some excellent Sylvania 12Ax7s and am running them in my jolida DAC with good results.
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