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RE: A new dac

Of these I'm only familiar with the Border Patrol DAC SEi. Mine started life as a BP DAC SE and was later upgraded by Gary Dews of Border Patrol. He's a great guy to deal with, by the way. He's very responsive and helpful.

If you're expecting to play files with higher resolution than 24/96 you'd want to look elsewhere. However, within that limit I think it's an excellent DAC. The presentation is warm and natural-sounding. It doesn't sound to me like, as one reviewer put it, like "everything is covered in fur". It's more that it's a different sound than perhaps the iFi gear it replaced.

Last night I listened for hours exclusively to Qobuz. I played jazz and rock. Where appropriate the music still had grit and bite without causing fatigue. I've had this thing for several years now. I've no intention of replacing it any time soon.


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