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Originally Posted by mosrite  I too run the DA10 straight to amp but need more control. I am also interested in folks response to this. I would hazard a guess though that the Avocet DAC is a step up from the DA10. |
Why would you assume that? The quality of the Lavry gear is excellent. Regardless, if you send the DA10 into the Avocet it's going to go into the analog inputs so the Avocet DAC would have nothing to do with it. I'm using the Avocet DACs exclusively at this time and not missing anything but I'm very carefully balancing my budget at all times. I'd rather have 3 Weiss DS1 Mk3's and some high end analog processors and the Cranesong Avocet DACs than spend $10K on a Lavry Gold DAC---which choice is going to help me produce better masters? When I get the 10K and it's free and clear and I don't need any more processors or loudspeakers or amps, then I'll consider if there's a DAC that will do me better than the Avocet's and my first considerations would be the Lavry Gold and the Weiss. The Avocet's latest DAC is very very good, it even beats the Benchmark by a tiny hair in a shootout.
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