Short High End DAC Comparison PT.1 & PT.2, Source Gear Progression, and General Thoughts

Well today was a lot of work putting everything back together after it had been basically all ripped around to different setups lol, here’s an update on how everything is set up now

Yes it’s a few days in the future, but that’s because when the dealer comes to pick up the emm stuff, he’ll be taking my bricasti gear with him, then it will be up to date and accurate. Felt bad that I didn’t like the dv2, so I gave him a good price on that source combo, I didn’t use it that much at this point so I’ve relocated the speakers to the desk for the time being (well, moreso just in the room on stands, not actually set up yet lol), helped free up a nice chunk of cash to put toward the lampi. I do still get another week with the horizon, and I have yet to sell the apl, so I’ll still be playing with those, but I’m going to be very sad when the horizon has to leave, working on sourcing one in the meantime. I was told I can hold onto the rs3 for as long as I like though, but I would feel rude doing that so I’ll likely be giving that back sometime soon.

I was considering also grabbing something like an antipodes k21 for the horizon setup, but honestly awhile ago I got in a sonore signature rendu se optical tier ii (yes that’s the name), and been pretty impressed for it with the money, that + the ideon reclocker really is pulling weight with the horizon so I really might just stick with that

I’m also going to be selling one of my hp amps to a friend as well later on to further slim that down. Looking pretty damn set right now. Still feeling out the FM, and it’s pretty awesome the more I get into it. Although I now ended up with a desk setup that while the FM gear and MK is small, the fucking dacs take up the most space lol. Oh well, it is what it is, I can at least put the dacs off to the side and have the amps closer to me here. Literally anything feels like the worlds best after listening to a cooler master headset into a laptop for a day out of laziness lol

And a few general updates when it comes to interconnects, selling headphones that I wasn’t really using often (800s and 1.2)

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