Nayyte
100+ Head-Fier
Great, I agree the NOS of R1N is really spectacular. I don't like dismissing other DAC's because I simply haven't heard them. I want to try the new schiit gungnir 2 coming this summer, we'll see.They matter nothing next to DI20HE. N1 or N0 is the best.
OS 2-8x gives more clarity/refinement. Like changing cables from copper to silver. It is best to use this setting DAC only, not with DI20HE. For N1 and NO they are different, but these filters are not worth talking about compared what DI20HE can do. N1 is NOS and NO is the new NOS mode which I find best with master clock last time I had the OCK-2. Why worry about the other DACs when DI20HE/R1N will beat them anyway?
I have not yet been fan of any upscaling/oversampling filters. If a DAC can not satisfy at 16/44.1 and makes me go for absurd upscale numbers, thats a red flag.
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I don´t know for sure but if I should recommend you a DAC I would choose a sound between the R1N and R8H2.
If the R27 series can give you a close sound to R8MK3. I have had the R27RE in my mind for some time in hopes to replace my R1N and give a Master 19 quality sound, so I could use the ACSS input on HE9 for the R8H2....
R8MK3 or R27RE will be my recommendation. I think the last one most
...but this leads to HE-9 LE and R1N....so many combinations
I'm to the point where getting an AIO is very ideal. Would love to have a rack full of AGD gear but currently I don't have a rack or the space at all.
I have a strong feeling that the HE9LE would be going too far for me. It's not that I don't think I'd like it, it's more like I believe that I've already hit the point of diminishing returns, and now I'm more interested in simplification. Just the R-1N alone has gotten me so very far up the ladder.
The price difference between DI-24HE + R-1N + HE-9LE or DI-24HE + R-27RE.... the latter is less expensive and you have HE power on all units.
The three unit stack just seems outrageous to me, just a DDC and the AIO really clicks in my head. My OCD does get triggered trying to imagine how to make two different width chassis look good together on a rack though. Eye candy does play a part in the hobby
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