AllanS,
As it happens, I own an EVO STA <
which very much agrees with me ![Very Happy :D](https://www.audiocircle.com/Smileys/audiocircle/icon_biggrin.gif)
> that I bought to use when it's too hot to run my tube gear; when my tubes misbehave, or to use in a second system. [Note to Jason:
The EVO STA is a GREAT amplifier!] I purchased a DAC-9x last year to primarily use in a second system, but it also comes in handy when my tube preamp or tube DAC decides to misbehave. I've paired the Evo STA with the DAC-9x and
quite like how they sound together.
I had very much the same curiosity that you have now -
which Nuprime DAC best pairs with your amplifier? I struggled to decide which DAC to try, and finally decided on the DAC-9x because of its price and because I'd heard the DAC-9x at the Pacific Audio Fest in Seattle. While I do like the DAC-9x, I still wonder what either of the other two Nuprime DACs sound like. Maybe someday I'll get to hear them.
Recently my main system (tubes) was acting up, so I replaced my preamp and DAC with the DAC-9x to troubleshoot to find the culprit. [
It turned out to be one of the preamp's tubes that was misbehaving.] One thing I learned was that even though the DAC-9x sounds good with my Evo STA, it sounds thin driving my 300b mono amps.
![Laughing :lol:](https://www.audiocircle.com/Smileys/audiocircle/sm_lyellow.gif)
Ya can't win 'em all.
[Jason, I hope you don't mind my chiming in like this. Feel free to zap this post if it doesn't belong in this thread.]
Michael