Hello,
From what I get from different readings on the forum, a high price tag doesn't mean a product is necessarly well-designed (I nearly bought Hegel H95 before reading the review here...).
But among all the well-designed and recommended ones tested here, how come there can be such a price difference ?
For example, the following DACs ranks very high and close to each other in the testings : SMSL Sanskrit 10th mk2, Allo Boss 2, Gustard x16/SoncozSGD.
What would justify to buy the 2 most expensive ones over an Allo Boss 2 that is also a streamer or over the SMSL that is an inexpensive simple DAC ? Do they even sound different from each other (to human ears I mean ) on the following system : Musicbee (WASAPI) on Windows 10 x64 -> USB to DAC -> RCA to amp : Audio Flight Three mk2 -> Speaker : JMR Folia Jubilee.
I also see that different power supplies for the Allo Boss 2 are recommended to improve "something". But what exactly ? And if it does, is it true for other DACs ?
Thanks in advance !
François
From what I get from different readings on the forum, a high price tag doesn't mean a product is necessarly well-designed (I nearly bought Hegel H95 before reading the review here...).
But among all the well-designed and recommended ones tested here, how come there can be such a price difference ?
For example, the following DACs ranks very high and close to each other in the testings : SMSL Sanskrit 10th mk2, Allo Boss 2, Gustard x16/SoncozSGD.
What would justify to buy the 2 most expensive ones over an Allo Boss 2 that is also a streamer or over the SMSL that is an inexpensive simple DAC ? Do they even sound different from each other (to human ears I mean ) on the following system : Musicbee (WASAPI) on Windows 10 x64 -> USB to DAC -> RCA to amp : Audio Flight Three mk2 -> Speaker : JMR Folia Jubilee.
I also see that different power supplies for the Allo Boss 2 are recommended to improve "something". But what exactly ? And if it does, is it true for other DACs ?
Thanks in advance !
François