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Tman5293

Jul 5, 2020

Nagra HD DAC for all serious listening

Roon Nucleus Plus for storage, streaming and direct play. Apple music when hi res versions are not available.

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rastus

1391

Jul 6, 2020

LWNYClike seeing another sleeper headphone amp, disguised as a speaker amp, a Cary CAD-300SEI; which of those nice cans match best with it?

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Jul 6, 2020

rastusAudeze LCD4 and Abyss 1266 go better with the Cary. :)

RayF

22218

Jul 6, 2020

LWNYC Strapped for cash I see--bummer!

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Jul 6, 2020

RayFAlas, Coke is cheaper than water.

JoeyG13

106

Nov 20, 2020

LWNYCWhoa! A Nagra DAC! Seriously for me as an upgrade path from my Chord Hugo TT2, I'd probably go Nagra Classic DAC, DCS Bartok, or a Lampizator DAC. How do you like the Nagra?

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Nov 20, 2020

JoeyG13I first heard it 4 years ago in London, then auditioned it for 2 hours in a sound room in NYC. I have not heard anything more musical, lifelike, from any other DACs before or since. I recently added the Chord M Scaler for my Chord DAVE. Still, the Nagra HD DAC or the current iteration, both sounds just that more natural than the Chords. Mind you, I have quite a few Chord gear, love the original Hugo until I heard the Nagra. Find a dealer and listen to it. Put on some Adele, Streisand, or Ailee. Barber or Four Seasons. They all appears like a few feet to in the room, around you with your eyes closed or wide open. Happy hunting.

JoeyG13

106

Nov 20, 2020

LWNYCOh I've heard the Nagra at Common Wave Hifi here in Los Angeles playing the YG Acoustics Sonja. They said the speaker placement hasn't been fine tuned, but even then, wow! So absolutely clear, transparent, and up front. I am curious to hear headphones on it, but yeah, love the Nagras. Have you heard any of the DCS gear?

Nov 21, 2020

JoeyG13Oh yes, looked heavily into the dCS Vivaldi before "walking into" the Nagra set. I thought the Vivaldi was "the one" but Nagra became my red pill. HD DAC is even more supple and delicate with the human voice. I could listen an entire day on headphones. The Abyss can by driven by the Nagra HD DAC headphone out. Additionally, the headphone gets that sweet jan 5963 double triode output analog sound. It's so much better than most dedicate headphone amps; especially the solid state ones.

JoeyG13

106

Nov 21, 2020

LWNYCThat's amazing. Did you also look into the Nagra Tube Dac and how do they differ from the HD Dac? What about the HD Dac X?

Nov 21, 2020

JoeyG13i did in early 2019 while in Hong Kong. The shop was not set up to compare units. My take was the tube DAC was more natural than DAC X. Because of COVID I have not auditioned either any further.

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