Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
I know 3 folks whose ears I trust that rate the valved Jolida DAC very highly.

Personally, I'd recommend a Beresford Bushmaster DAC as well.
In my system the Jolida is the most LP sounding Dac Ive ever heard. Its seen off quite a few other dacs that I have had the pleasure of listening too at home, some of which Ive actually owned, these being

Owned and sold by me at a considerable loss since I brought them all new

Cambridge Dacmagic
M2Tech Young
Audiolab CDQ
Eastern Electric Tube Dac

Borrowed and tried in the system when evaluating the options

Naim nDac
Northstar Essensio
Metrum Octave

Its quite amazing that apart from the Dacmagic the Jolida is the cheapest on the list Ive tried and its the one thats staying, Im no longer looking for a Dac and I no longer spin cd's, all my files are played on a Mac Mini straight into the Dac via a Hiface for coax connection.

Hope this helps

Lee