If you are lucky maybe you can find Kennerton Magni for 500 euros, they are really good and super easy to drive.
https://kennerton.org/magni/
Kennerton = Fischer Audio i think.
(You can thank me later, the Magni is a good one) ;-)
I think some has to do with being humble too, if you completely miss this ability life may become a bit harder on you.
We are discussing sound but people throwing their own truths all over the place, never ending "jokes" about head-fi, jokes or marking words when people writing "warm"...
I guess but some messages... I feel I can't take it, I get upset and want to hit back much harder (in words). ;-) In the same way, why should I sink myself to the same pathetic low level. It's fascinating me posts like my example below aren't moderated but in the same way I guess it's messages...
This was my view before too before reading some posts here from people making fun of the forum (and the members) on head-fi (on a constant basis).
I guess what's disturbing me is people being the complete opposite of being humble and throwing their own "thruths" all over the place and also this...
This Head-fi vs ASR thing some of you guys are doing almost every single day is laughable and embarrassing. I'm not sure this provoking attitude is good for ASR but maybe I'm wrong. Luckily most people except perhaps me and a couple of others don't care at all. I guess you enjoy making fun of...
As long as we use the word "smooth" for describing a Burr-Brown equipped DAC it's fine? You really hate the word "warm", guess you are a sensitive guy? (nothing wrong with being sensitive though) Do you think you are better or more competent in this area comparing to the forum users on Head-fi...
You writing "The Tempotec Sonata HD Pro is a better DAC", I wouldn't be too sure about this myself, this is your strictly personal view, being humble is not your thing though I guess. ;-)
What didn't you like when testing and listening to the iFi Zen Dac?
Just found an interesting rank of 170...
?? easily fixed if this is the issue
This is year 2020 and you have services like Tidal (Hifi), Amazon HD, Qobuz, Deezer Music, Primephonic.
You don't really have to collect FLACs any longer unless hmmm you really like buying and collecting things? ;-) Not to forget the hundreds of hours of...
I think this is a great review and buyers/owners not reading this review may have split feelings when they realize? The Shiit Magnius having very impressive value but it's good to know to the difference in performance between balanced and unbalanced on this unit (even though it may not be...
Cool, would be fun trying to order from a Chinese site. ;-) Waiting for your experiences, which amp are you having? I'm curious about the Gustard A18 MQA / optical version, looking like better value comparing to D90. (D90 facing strong competition from Gustard A18 and SMSL SU-9)
https://www.mqa.co.uk/newsroom/qa/is-mqa-lossless
Honestly, I don't really care if it's lossless or not (from a purist point of view) as long as the quality of sound is great. There may be something seriously wrong with my ears but from my experience so far I get a very good sound experience...