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Old 06-01-2016, 05:46 PM
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What did you end up with? I just bought a Cary DAC 100 and love it. I haven't heard the 100t though..............
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The best thing you could do is to audition a tube and solid state dac in your system(s) if possible and let your ears decide
That would definitely be the ideal situation.
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Old 06-01-2016, 06:19 PM
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I have used both Tube and SS DAC’s over the years. Based on my limited tech knowledge, the tube DAC could be tweaked by changing/rolling tubes & cables. The SS DAC was only cables.
Yup.
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Old 06-01-2016, 06:21 PM
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I think if you are used to a tube sound, it is difficult to go to solid state (generally speaking). I tried my first solid state component in my system (a DAC), and did not like it. The dealer said it was one of the smoothest tube-like dacs he's heard, but decided I needed to go back to a tube output dac. just my 2 cents. For me, it is all about the midrange provided by tubes that is so hard to get from solid state. THis is just my cup of tea, whereas others may disagree. personal preference comes in play more than anything.
Yeah, tubes rule!
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Old 06-01-2016, 06:24 PM
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Never had a tube or SS Dac separate at all. Did have a tube headphone amp hooked up to my Rotel CD player and it was very nice, never got a chance to roll any tubes though.
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Old 06-02-2016, 11:44 AM
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I ended up going with a Monarchy Audio NM24 that I posted about in another thread. The recommendations in both standard press reviews and among modders on other forums were over the top. And I liked the idea of working with essentially a one-man operation. (I have a Dennis Had Inspire tube amp as well, though it a different system.) The NM-24 is an interesting piece of gear that incorporates both a tube DAC and a solid state DAC as well as a line stage tube preamp. I upgraded the tubes in the DAC just a tad from the Sovtek tubes it came with to some Russian Rocket NOS tubes. I'm very happy with the performance and versatility, but still working on rounding out the system. It would be interesting to compare to the Cary DAC.
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How does the tube compare to the SS? I tried a tube DAC back in the day and found it too soft for rock and pop music.

I bought a Cary 100 and it is blowing me away. I haven't tried the 100t in ny system. Now I'd like to...............

Didn't go tube because my system is all tube as it is. All Cary.
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Totaldac equals most tube DACs IMO and you don't have to cope with tubes.
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There aren't lots of Tube Dacs out there compared to SS. Off the top of my head Cary Audio and Audio Research both have Tube Dacs. I'm sure there are others.


https://www.caryaudio.com/products/d...log-converter/


http://www.audioresearch.com/en-us/p...-digital/dac-9
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Old 12-02-2018, 10:06 PM
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Jolida Tube Dac




http://v2.stereotimes.com/post/jolid...tube-dac-iii-w
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