[glitch39]

I currently have a zapped zhaolu 2.5c with XLR and RCA outputs. love the sound - lots of detail and very quiet. feeds my LD VI and it's a good match IMO.

Just looking to see what you think will be a natural progression in terms of upgrade down the road..... prefer to get RCA and XLR outputs and some sort of non-opamp output stage.

three that come to mind - but not a lot of users have reported them here:

Lite Audio DAC-68
Xindak DAC-5
Twister Pear OPUS and Sabre32

budget is flexible, but my main thrust is bang-for-buck. thanks!

 

[udo]

non-opamp output?
Tried transformers?

 

[sacd lover]

Monarchy 33 or Monarchy 22C.

 

[glitch39]

Quote:

Originally Posted by udo /img/forum/go_quote.gif non-opamp output? Tried transformers?

I mean discrete or tube output stage

 

[udo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by glitch39 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I mean discrete or tube output stage

So you never tried?
And what is what you are looking for in sound?
Some 'character'? Or transparency?

 

[Currawong]

Since your budget is flexible: Audio-gd Reference 1.

 

[olblueyez]

Sabre 32 or DA100 Signature

 

[johnwmclean]

I vote sabre32.