I find the way you guys ganged up on the poor guy sad, he was just looking for a good dac for mastering that isn't AKM. Obviously the wrong forum to ask the question though. I've heard other mastering egineers say the same, how RME is good but "sterile" "not musical" compared to lavry golds or Merging Hapi / Merging Anubis
My question for all of you is:
Have you done double blind listening tests with any Lavry Gold, Merging Hapi, Merging Anubis, Burr Browns, ADI-2, DCS 954 (from 1995, which many say is still really great)
How do you determine that a dac IS INFACT neutral and true to the source? (From other ppls opinions? Cause Someone online told you?)
Why do you think Specs determines how good a DAC is?
Why do you think a DAC can only sound Neutral or Not Neutral? What about musical?
Maybe everything you think you know about DACs is wrong and you've influenced by other factors???
Audio is subjective afterall...