DAC under $1000

[prem]

Schiit Gungnir multibit is very nice. USD 1300.

 

[Kushanava]

@Prem , I am using the ifi micro dsd . I am pretty happy with it for now. It needs a very good transport , and it works best with the co-axial input.
I have never heard a "Schiit" product. I am also waiting for the release of the ifi pro series.
At this moment , I am holding any dac upgrades.

 

[music4mhell]

schiit gungnir multibit is very nice. Usd 1300.

+100 ...........

 

[prem]

Kushnava, that recommendation was for anm

 

[regeHA]

Schiit Multibit DACs are good, especially Yggy.

Another train of thought is to invest in a powerful PC and use s/w like HQPlayer to upsample all music and then feed to a DAC. In this scenario even a semi-budget DAC sounds wonderful because the music is cleaner and free of artifacts that are removed as part of the upsampling/filtering process with HQP.

I've heard both though my experience with HQP is limited, but I did really like what I heard. Of course DACs like the Yggdrasil also do this upsampling with their "Mega Burrito" filter and in this case its hands down one of the best DACs I've heard.

 

[Kushanava]

@Prem -- My Bad. But would like to know your view on Ifi products vs Schitt products ..Both are in the Value for Money category for that matter.

 

[prem]

Kushnava, have not heard ifi. To me ifi makes sense if one has DSD recordings. I do not have any. So for me PCM playback quality is critical. I heard Hex, Yggdrasil and Vega recently. Preferred Yggdrasil.

 

[nvpatkar]

you could buy the NuForce DDA-100 Integrated amp and use as dac?