Soekris 2541, should I buy one?

[davide256]

Hi all,

     Its time again to try another DAC. Last year, I tried a Schiit multibit Gungnir and a Denafrips Ares II, both nice DAC's but they could be outdone in

some areas by a Chord Mojo or a Metrum Octave so I chose to move on. The tambre prowess of the NOS Octave is more my cup of tea, trading off a bit on dynamics,

transients and resolution to a Chord Mojo. The weakness with both seems to be brittleness in the treble with some 44/16 recordings. While I'd like to go the Spring KTE route,

thats $3600 with pre option vs $1300 for the Soekris 2541. I do want/need to change to XLR now that my amplifier solution requires XLR and a physical volume control

avoids buying a separate XLR pre

 

Thoughts/opinions? Will a Soekris 2541 still be brittle in the upper treble for 44/16 recordings?

 

[Rexp]

4 hours ago, davide256 said:

Hi all,

     Its time again to try another DAC. Last year, I tried a Schiit multibit Gungnir and a Denafrips Ares II, both nice DAC's but they could be outdone in

some areas by a Chord Mojo or a Metrum Octave so I chose to move on. The tambre prowess of the NOS Octave is more my cup of tea, trading off a bit on dynamics,

transients and resolution to a Chord Mojo. The weakness with both seems to be brittleness in the treble with some 44/16 recordings. While I'd like to go the Spring KTE route,

thats $3600 with pre option vs $1300 for the Soekris 2541. I do want/need to change to XLR now that my amplifier solution requires XLR and a physical volume control

avoids buying a separate XLR pre

 

Thoughts/opinions? Will a Soekris 2541 still be brittle in the upper treble for 44/16 recordings?

 

If its only 'some' 16/44.1 recordings that sound brittle, its probably the recordings at fault.

[Norton]

Can offer no advice re the Soekris, but if you are looking at “R2R” approaches, I’d recommend also considering EC designs.  Current products are the PowerDACs R and S , both Toslink only but with onboard volume.  R for use with headphones or power amp, S is direct to (efficient) speakers.  See https://www.ecdesigns.nl and the extensive thread on this site.  I’m a v. happy owner of the previous generation(s) from ECD.