[2bigears]

  Pass lab x250, mid line VAC pre with phono, Mac mini with Eric's old dac, ProAc D48 speaks.
          Need a dac I can plug and play. Gear and hook-ups are so many these days ? Budget is
      Ya get sorta what you pay for. 2 grand -- 4 grand ?  Not sure how much I need to spend.  But it should be on par with the rest of the system.   Used is super fine. If anyone has one for sale , shoot me a note. Been told older ones are behind in tech. Should be newer ,,right ?    Anyway,  any help , much thanks. 

[FullRangeMan]

Pass lab x250, mid line VAC pre with phono, Mac mini with Eric's old dac, ProAc D48 speaks.
          Need a dac I can plug and play. Gear and hook-ups are so many these days ? Budget is
      Ya get sorta what you pay for. 2 grand -- 4 grand ?  Not sure how much I need to spend.  But it should be on par with the rest of the system.   Used is super fine. If anyone has one for sale , shoot me a note. Been told older ones are behind in tech. Should be newer ,,right ?    Anyway,  any help , much thanks. 

I would suggest a Dac Dac-2HS $1290 if you dont use DSD.

[I.Greyhound Fan]

Read up on the Aqua La Voce S3

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisaa1gb-aqua-la-voce-s3-da-converters

Bricasti M3

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa3h65-bricasti-design-m3-dac-digital-to-analog-converter-new-model-da-converters

Chord TT2 and Chord DAVE

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisacfc2-chord-electronics-hugo-tt2-dac-preamplifier-d-a-converter-tt-2-1-6-35801-da-converters

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisacebg-chord-dave-dac-with-silver-finish-da-converters

And then get yourself a WireWorld Starlight Platinum usb cable.

[morganc]

Pass lab x250, mid line VAC pre with phono, Mac mini with Eric's old dac, ProAc D48 speaks.
          Need a dac I can plug and play. Gear and hook-ups are so many these days ? Budget is
      Ya get sorta what you pay for. 2 grand -- 4 grand ?  Not sure how much I need to spend.  But it should be on par with the rest of the system.   Used is super fine. If anyone has one for sale , shoot me a note. Been told older ones are behind in tech. Should be newer ,,right ?    Anyway,  any help , much thanks. 

I had Eric’s DAC and loved it in its day.  These are the qualities I liked in it and love about the ones below:: organic, analog, resolving but not overly analytical and cold.

Biggest bangs for the buck IMO are:
Audio Mirror SE ( my current DAC and no desire to upgrade unless I could get a used lampi TRP at a killer price.)
Lampizator Amber (or TRP if budget allows)
MDHT Orchid

I also find the reviews and tweaks from Audiogon member grannyring  to be very useful as well. 

And for the record I did not compare any of these to the ones mentioned in the posts above. 

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