Your Next Upgrade? (Part 2)

Happy Birthday Al!!!

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Correction: The Schiit Tyrs are $1599 each, not $1699…

Clarification: bought in the correct color (silver), they’re $1,699.

Vince’ll back me on this…

Seems like I read they have a class A type of warm sound like the Aegir but with a lot more power.

Correctimundo. I got silver and didn’t notice the upcharge. Totally worth it as I’m a silver guy…

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I just ordered a cheap DAC ($720) that has the latest ES9039Pro chip. Will hopefully be able to report how it sounds in a few days. There were 6 left before I ordered it from Amazon

If it’s the Eversolo DAC it looks like the DMP A6 specs minus the streamer.

The Eversolo DMP-A6, from what I have read, has the ES9038Q2M chip, the same one that’s in the Panasonic 4k player. The Eversolo DAC only models appear to employ the ES9038Pro.
The S.M.S.L. has a newer chip set (ES9039Pro) that supposedly sounds better. The assumption (on my part) is that the implementation has also been improved. Will find out soon.

Had you spent a tiny bit more you could have had an excellent streamer attached to it. Weird choice. The DAC in the A6 might actually be better than the MK1. Maybe not. But it’s really good. Chips are one part of the equation, how they are implemented is another matter. I do not believe the DAC chip itself defines the ultimate sound of a DAC. Otherwise we would have a ton of DACs that all sound the same. (They all have the same job after all.)

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if we only had a respectable test system and then line up a dozen of the top DAC contenders for A-B testing, preferably blind testing; if only we could reduce purchasing ultimate disappointments

but even then, peculiarities in one’s individual system may make such testing irrelevant, meaning that we will feed the used market indefinitely as we jump from ship to ship

the dreaded worst case scenario. after spending tons, we’ve arrived at the optimum system. then, we change one thing, eg a $600 fuse and find that an old dac, an old amp, etc sounds better than the supreme dac, amp, etc we had assembled…and the rabbit hole returns

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Don’t get carried away. It is just audio gear we use to enjoy our Marty Robbins record collections.

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Amen brother!

Best,
-JP

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Andy, this looks great! Thanks for sharing.

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Which one has the ES9039Pro and streamer combined?

And am I going to run into connection issues?

I have no idea. I dont know anything about what you bought.

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I have a sinking feeling the answer is a YES (in full capital letters, LOL)

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Moving on from my PSA MK2 to the Mola Mola Tambaqui

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The more I thought about it, and with help from an intelligent forum member, I am thinking that I would not be able to use the DAC the same way I play music files now, so I ended up cancelling my order for the <$1k DAC.

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