I'm starting a new thread as some discussion of DACs was de-railing the LCD-2 thread somewhat.  I'm big on vintage R2R DACs and the Audio-gd units, which are very similar in design concept to the high-end vintage models, as they present music in a way that doesn't sound digital, but natural...

Hey Guys, I'm looking to improve my digital rig and think the weakest chain in the link is the Lavry... The Little dot and HD650 complement each other really nicely and I would like to get a better DAC to go with. I'm willing to spend up to $1600 or so Thanks!

Dan Lavry from Lavry Engineering recently wrote a post in regards to Non-Oversampling DAC. To sum it up, Dan said, "So the NOS DA is either a piece of very inferior gear, or it is an up sampling DA that some sales guy calls NOS while it is not." I'm very interested in this topic regarding...

DAC Showdown: AQVOX USB 2 D/A vs. Benchmark DAC1 vs. Lavry Black DA10 The Back-story: For well over a year, as many of you know, I’ve been one of Head-Fi’s most prominent DAC1 apologists, arguing the merits and performance of this particular piece of gear until the cows came home...

Anybody know where you can buy/listen to the Lavry DACs in Australia? Have emailed the main US Lavry site a week ago asking the same question but no answer

Hi there headfi world!   I've just recently started thinking about headphones as my primary home listening system... I don't have any equipment yet, so I'm looking for any advice I can get. Oh, I'm also a sound engineer (with an actual  engineering job... not a "home producer") so I...

Foobar, PPHS resample to 96000 Hz > Computer's (win7) onboard SoundMax optical, resample to 24-bit, 192 KHz > Musiland MD10 (@ -33) > Musical Fidelity X-CAN v3 (@ ~-18-22) > HD800 w/ stock cable. I listen to a lot of stuff, but mostly metal and electronic. The fidelity is great, but it...

Which one of these would you recommend for classical music? Speaking of the Reference DACs, I'll need the USB version because I'll have to connect the DAC to my laptop. So, the quality of their USB interfaces is also important.

  hi  i want to upgrade my rig.(02, dx1000)  now I'm looking for a hi end dac.  I want something that is musical but not lacks detail.  I made a list;  havana  rwa isabellina  cyrus dacx  wavelength the brick with power supply  bryston bda1 wich I really don't know.  I...