Well I hope your right. However I’m not sure how anyone competes in the market with the likes of Eversolo, Denefrips, Holo etc. Until at least you hit a certain price point. Heck, I’m not even sure where I got to go to beat my little DSJ. Gotta be 5k+ I’m sure.
Yeah I had a JR it is very good, the big feature I wanted was the two I2S inputs one for my PST and one for my Airlens, have not seen any that have two of them
I have a digital preamp that also has two HDMI inputs, the NAD M51 that I use in my audio-visual system since my Oppo UDP-205 up and quit on me. It surprised me as being a FANTASTIC sounding unit, which coupled with a 200 dollar SONY blu-ray player bested the sound of the Oppo and serves as the control source for my cd and blu-ray and DVD discs, the DVR output and the Apple TV output for my audio visual system. 500 dollars, used, well spent–hassle free operation, excellent sound.
Check out Geshelli Labs DACs. I have a J2S w/AKM4499 chip and Sparkos 3602 op amps and it beat the DSD mk1 in my system in terms of soundstage width/depth and overall clarity and dynamics.
The J2S is about $750 the way I have it configured. I’m thinking I’ll have to go 3-4x the price to do better.
How does your new Stellar Gold Pre compare to your DSJ? I fear that my DSJ will be going in for repair (if it can be fixed) so I’m curious what your experience has been with the Stellar Gold coming from a DSJ?
Sorry for the later reply, I never used the DSJ as a preamp, I believe a good preamp or buffer is than direct DAC to amp. When I had the DSJ I was using a Audio research LS7 from there I went to the BHK then the SGP
Thanks. I meant to asked about the DAC comparison, not the Pre, my mistake. I currently have a DSJ that might be at the end of its life. It’s in Boulder now getting a diagnosis. So I’m curious about performance difference between the Jr DAC and the Gold DAC. I’m using the BHK as my Pre with Focal Sopra 2 speakers.
Went from the Junior to a Modwright LX500 modified tube output Pioneer SACD player, I like it better at the time compared to the PS OG SACD player and Junior.
I wanted to upgrade my overall digital front end so I was a beta tester for the SGP and SGD, I had the BHK then, sold the BHK and kept the SGD and SGP, I did compare the DSD MKII to the SGD I kept the SGD, I guess I like ESS DAC better on my system, I was using the new PS Audio SACD transport I picked up used. Also the SGD has 2 I2S inputs which I like since I got an Airlens