NDS compared to Dave
Posted by: Richieroo on 13 February 2017
Has anyone done a back to back demo of these as dacs.... just wondered what the consensus was....
No quarter posted:I also got a price on a 555dr,brand new,about 12,000 Canadian dollars,ouch!The Dave is 16,500 Canadian,and i can get a xpsdr for 5500 Canadian...what to do?
Think laterally... have a listen to the Resonessence Mirus Pro DAC ($6000). It's in NDS territory.
Jan-Erik Nordoen posted:No quarter posted:I also got a price on a 555dr,brand new,about 12,000 Canadian dollars,ouch!The Dave is 16,500 Canadian,and i can get a xpsdr for 5500 Canadian...what to do?
Think laterally... have a listen to the Resonessence Mirus Pro DAC ($6000). It's in NDS territory.
That unit does look very good,plus made in Canada is nice,my speakers are too.One more thing about the Dave,my dealer said that he really liked it,but did NOT think it was any better than the Simaudio Dac he was using before it,apparently it was around the same price as the Dave,but I did not ask which model the Sim was.It goes to show you,that there are many options to choose from,for now I will stick with the Dac in the 272,or the Hugo if I find a way to use it in my system...maybe fed from a core.
To chime in a bit late, I have no experience with DAVE (or NDS), but I just received my Mirus back from Resonessence, upgraded to Pro, and it is seriously impressive. I also have an nDAC, which is endlessly entertaining, especially after the last firmware update, but the Mirus Pro has pulled ahead. In both cases, driven by HDX, BNC connection.