DAC acquired

[Westyman]

After much debate with myself and whether expenditure was worth it for my 68 year old ears I bought an Audiolab M-DAC. A friend sold me a spare Grover RCA cable and the Cyrus’s DAC was bypassed.

Bloody great!!

The previous setup’s treble was coarse but now it’s smooth. The percussion attack is good and spacial imagry better.

When I get back from a couple of trips away I think I shall try a month’s free trial of Qobuz via the Mac.

[jandl100]

I like the MDAC and have used it a lot in both my main systems over quite a few years.

Good clean, transparent, well focussed sound with loads of detail, can be a bit bright in a system with poor synergy.
Excellent remote facilities.
Great value, all told, when bought used imo.

I found the left/right balance controlled from the remote excellent recently when I was having bad ear problems!

Forget the 68 year old ears thing, I've known audiophiles well into their 70s who have appreciated what a good upgrade can do.