In Reply to: USB Dac posted by hortense1948 on November 14, 2015 at 10:11:09:
I personally think that the value leader in DSD-cpable DACs is Grace Design's m920, which can be had factory-direct with a money-back guarantee for $1895.My favorite feature of the m920 is that it has seven selectable digital filters, 4 for DSD and 3 for PCM, and the PCM filters includes a Minimum Phase option that I LOVE.
HOWEVER, the Grace m920 does not upconvert PCM to DSD. I think it's worth a try anyway. In the Esoteric's price tier, I also like Luxman digital; their comparable unit upsamples PCM but to 32/384, not DSD.
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- Esoteric makes great-sounding stuff. - John Marks 14:19:47 11/14/15 (0)