Audiobyte Blackdragon?

[musicguy]

Audiobyte Black dragon?

 

I can find many web reviews,   but what about people who really own them?

 

How much of the tech from there bigger dacs are in the black dragon.  Is it a really good budget dac.   How much of the proprietary FPGA is in this dac?

 

musicguy

 

 

[WMW]

I have been a most satisfied owner of the Audiobyte Black Dragon since 2016.   My setup includes a 10' x10' x10' treated room, a NAS (UNRAID) - Cat6 cable - Custom Server - Pink Faun I2S/Pink Faun USB cables - Audiobyte Black Dragon - direct connect Sennheiser 700 headphones/generic balanced 5'  cables - Neumann 120KH active speakers.  My Custom Server runs Windows 2016 Server with JRMC 26, Audiophile Optimizer 3.0 and Sonarworks Reference 4.   I use I2S always now.  I have an enormous collection of ripped CD's/recorded LP's on my NAS, a relative few hi-rez FLAC LP's and no DSD's.  I'm extremely content with my system and, in fact, will rave about it given the opportunity.  It's THAT good and then some.  

 

IF I were open to change I would try HQ Player with upsampling/conversion to DSD.  My hardware has horsepower to spare and I could demo HQP so the only cost would be that unrenewable, priceless commodity we call "TIME".  Maybe in my next life or currently in a multiverse.

 

You cannot go wrong with Audiobyte/Pink Faun/Neumann/Sennheiser.  

 

WMW