In Reply to: Audio Note Kits - DAC4.1x posted by Rocket_Powered on January 5, 2022 at 06:55:49:
I built the 4.1 Signature version several years ago. Really an easy build if you can solder. The digital board is pre stuffed so no chance of damaging that with amateur soldering.
My version uses a 5687 tube. Not sure why the change to 12AU7, but by many accounts it is an inferior tube to the 5687. Perhaps the transformer loading helps the 12AU7 a bit. The older 5687 board is still available in the 4.1 Signature version.
Sound is as good as I will ever need. I suppose it would be considered the AN house sound; non fatiguing, liquid, and dynamic. Plenty of output for my Bent Audio TVC and non AN SET amps. Again, the key may be the transformer output. I have several DAC's that I have collected for less critical positions, but the AN is my favorite. Admittedly my Metrum Octave (also NOS) comes very close and I could live with it forever if space ever becomes an issue. As you know these DAC's are physically large....
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