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RE: Audio Note Kits - DAC4.1x

I have had a AN Kit's 3.1 special edition (equivalent to a signature). I thought it sounded quite good, but nothing very special - I had other dad's that I thought sounded better - e.g. Aqua Dac La Voce. But I recently discovered that it is very sensitive to the transport used. I have used it with CD player outputs and out put from computer based sound systems (using an inexpensive usb to spdif converter). But recently I bought a Denafrips Gaia DDC and it made the AN dad sound very special indeed. I have a Chord TT2 and compared the two - they are on the same level in many ways, but the AN Dac just has a richer, more natural voicing.
So I would suggest you invest in high quality transport if you get the AN DAC or you won't get the best out of it. I suspect it is more susceptible to jitter than something like the Chord.


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