Macca's Lash Up 2: Lash Harder

[Macca]

I know I bang on about DAVE Martin but it probably is one of the best DAC s on the planet at a price! I have taken two people from here who you know well to meet him and even they would tell you their jaws dropped!

You have a tough decision finding a DAC for £500 as there are so many of the buggers to choose from especially if you consider second hand aswell. It's like trying to choose a digital camera, there are a vast array on the market and they are all surpassed by new technology within 6 months. I suppose you could say you have to dive in sometime acknowledging this and maybe a current £500 DAC will be all you need and keep you happy for a good while.

I have heard a good many DACs and have constantly been surprised at how they have moved on from the good old days when they only resided in a CD player but I would say the significant improvements only come every couple of years. It's a pity the really good stuff is so expensive!

Personally if I were ever to go back to digital I would definitely not use a CD player but would use something like this
http://www.innuos.com/en/catalog/go/zen-mini-mk2-std

And lash it to a DAC of your choice.

If you ever want to hear why I go on about DAVE I can arrange for you to come and have a listen.

Have you heard this DAC in your own system, though? Have you compared it to other DACS in the same system? If not, how do you know that it is DAVE that is the cause of the wonderful sound? Could it not be that it is just a very good system and that any competent digital set up will sound wonderful through it?

I look at some of these DACS and the build cost does not seem to be related at all to the asking price. That bothers me.

As for having a listen, you know me, I am always up for having a listen to anything. I have some time off work in the first couple of weeks of March if you fancy doing something then?

[struth]

Dave can do anything,... but swim

[Macca]

Dave can do anything,... but swim

(You must be at least 45 years old to get this joke)

[Jimbo]

Have you heard this DAC in your own system, though? Have you compared it to other DACS in the same system? If not, how do you know that it is DAVE that is the cause of the wonderful sound? Could it not be that it is just a very good system and that any competent digital set up will sound wonderful through it?

I look at some of these DACS and the build cost does not seem to be related at all to the asking price. That bothers me.

As for having a listen, you know me, I am always up for having a listen to anything. I have some time off work in the first couple of weeks of March if you fancy doing something then?

I have heard other DACs in the same system so I can judge what DAVE is doing compared to them.
I will try and organise something for March 10th or 11th if I can.

[Macca]

I have heard other DACs in the same system so I can judge what DAVE is doing compared to them.:

Fair enough then!

[Gazjam]

Lottery win Dacs would be Chord Dave or Metrum Pavane.
Very different technologies and a lot of moolah so would need a long audition of both.

Considered upgrading my modded Young dac in the past, but resisted as theres something to be said for being happy with what you have, and really its 'good enough'.
Next step dac wise is one of the two heavy hitters above, just as and when.

Now, wheres my lottery numbers again...?

[Jimbo]

Lottery win Dacs would be Chord Dave or Metrum Pavane.
Very different technologies and a lot of moolah so would need a long audition of both.

Considered upgrading my modded Young dac in the past, but resisted as theres something to be said for being happy with what you have, and really its 'good enough'.
Next step dac wise is one of the two heavy hitters above, just as and when.

Now, wheres my lottery numbers again...?

Your right Gary they are expensive but certainly not the most expensive out there? I have listened to DACs for a number of years now and they are now getting very good indeed.

A lottery win would help

[walpurgis]

This sounds sublime.



Monarchy Audio M22B

[struth]

Had a model of one of those. Didnt have lock switch. Might have been the A version. Was indeed good for the money. Still preferred my buffer to it.

[Ali Tait]

Martin, well over your budget but well worth saving for is the Mytek Brooklyn. I recently got one and it really has been a game changer for me. Never thought digital could sound this good.