Here we go again...so many choices, so little experience...I budgeted about $600-650 for a nice used DAC which would be about 50-60% of the new price (yes, I'm a bottom feeder and no, I won't pay more for somebody's used toys who is selling "only because I want to upgrade"). I think that the law of diminishing returns kicks in really fast after that and more money doesn't really buy that much more quality. I kind of zeroed in on Schiit Gugnir and MHDT Stockholm. Any suggestions/ideas are highly appreciated.
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Topic - used DAC for $600-650 - EduardG 17:10:12 07/21/13 (29)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - audioengr 13:48:24 07/23/13 (1)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - Sprezza Tura 14:05:44 07/23/13 (0)
- Buying used often results in buying a DAC that's faulty - scruffy_ 10:22:00 07/23/13 (1)
- RE: Buying used often results in buying a DAC that's faulty - EduardG 11:25:44 07/25/13 (0)
- Defining $600-650 price point as one after which more money ... - carcass93 14:04:32 07/22/13 (2)
- RE: Defining $600-650 price point as one after which more money ... - EduardG 16:09:55 07/22/13 (1)
- It's not a current version, few years old - that's why USB input is pretty much useless. N/T - carcass93 08:15:04 07/23/13 (0)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - ejlif 08:34:08 07/22/13 (6)
- The Benchmark was the worst DAC I ever experimented with nt - scruffy_ 10:17:36 07/23/13 (2)
- What do you know... we CAN agree on something! - carcass93 11:43:06 07/23/13 (1)
- It sounded awfully shallow - scruffy_ 13:16:43 07/23/13 (0)
- No it's not. From my experience, it's obvious choice not to bother with. N/T - carcass93 09:00:08 07/22/13 (2)
- RE: No it's not. From my experience, it's obvious choice not to bother with. N/T - ejlif 18:12:02 07/25/13 (1)
- I tried many new megabuck dacs... - cktc 09:36:58 09/24/13 (0)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - fstein 07:54:27 07/22/13 (0)
- W4S DAC-1 - scruffy_ 03:19:34 07/22/13 (1)
- RE: W4S DAC-1 - EduardG 13:34:50 07/25/13 (0)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - pictureguy 17:34:14 07/21/13 (11)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - pictureguy 11:18:21 07/22/13 (0)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - EduardG 09:33:53 07/22/13 (1)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - maximum kahuna 20:20:23 07/23/13 (0)
- The cost of quality *analog* parts is really increasing though... - cfraser 17:54:24 07/21/13 (0)
- RE: used DAC for $600-650 - EduardG 17:46:03 07/21/13 (6)
- Not in my experience, a good DAC is a good DAC - Sordidman 17:41:15 07/22/13 (0)
- RE: upgrdeable used DAC for $600-650 - kenzo 22:00:34 07/21/13 (4)
- RE: upgrdeable used DAC for $600-650 - EduardG 22:17:50 07/21/13 (3)
- RE: upgrdeable used DAC for $600-650 - jec01 12:37:08 07/22/13 (0)
- RE: upgrdeable used DAC for $600-650 - kenzo 22:20:37 07/21/13 (1)
- RE: upgrdeable used DAC for $600-650 - EduardG 22:55:18 07/21/13 (0)