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exaSound e20 : One of the best investments I`ve ever made!!


Brummle

December last year, I started digging around the internet for a USB capable DAC, that could satisfy my fastidious ears.

Having searched for a month, I found the Holy Grail of DACs: The exaSound e20

You can read what this DAC is capable of here: http://www.exasound.com/e20DAC/Overview.aspx

It`s truly amazing!

I have been an "audiophile" since I was about 15 ( 42 now ), so my equipment has seen a lot of upgrades during these years :) , but very few have made me go thru all my favourite albums again, like this time!

Combined with Hypex` Ncore amps, the sound is so open, crystal clear, and detailed; that I catch myself holding my breath, in order to hear all the details of the recordings :)

My once so proud speakers (Proac D25), are suddenly the obvious weakest link; despite having costed more than the DAC and the amp combined...;

 

George at exaSound has been very helpful answering all my questions, and I can truly recommend the e20 with all my audiophile heart !!

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I've had the e20 for about a week for an in home audition. It sounds pretty good. What audio player software do you use? Do you up-sample using your audio software or do you leave everything in native mose?

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I use mainly jriver 19, and up-sample to DSD128. I also use foobar2k natively.

There are so few dacs around, that are close to the specs of the e20; so it`s not easy to do actual listening comparisons;

I did a comparison between the e20 and Hegel HD25, but the HD25 handles max 24-bit/192kHz, so had to stick with that frq.

Even when playing 24-bit/192kHz, the e20 sounded less colored than the HD25 imo.

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