Just going to leave this picture here of my rack so @ragecandy can laugh at me and my audiophile ways.
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Damn, I need to build a rack like this. Really dig the looks
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DAC do sound differently, just like amps sound different as well. sometimes it’s slap you in the face difference, sometimes it’s a more nuanced, roll it around in your mouth different. what helps confuse the issue is how much stuff is coming out of China that sounds very similar.
a perfect example of different would be tube DAC vs. R2R DAC vs. solid state DAC.
oh, and don’t forget the headphone…sometimes you just don’t get the synergy it needs. granted, the amp is often a big part of that, but with the DAC in the chain, it has influence as well.
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Chord DACs also have a different signature.
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no doubt…and they are solid state…and even then, depending on the work done, the same chipset can sound vastly different between brands.
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