So while I am leaning to just get the crane song solaris this would be my top range of my budget and wonder if I could get an improvement over Ares II DAC possibly in the sub 2k range. I been comparing the Ares II vs the Crane Song AVOCET IIA (on my same system) and while obviously it is higher tier dac / amp, this help me to notice I prefer the solid state sound and the ability to no relay on the schiit eitr to make crane song sound great, as I feed it from my pc optical output and still sounds wonderful. The Ares II opened the can of worms for me and while overall I like its sound, there are some things I do not like so I decided to move to a higher tier as my high-end and since I finally sold my RME, I have some better budget to invest this time.Īs commented along this thread, I like the Ares II and definitely noticed a big improvement on my system even over the ADI-2 DAC (as dac only) BUT only when I feed it through the Schiit Eitr, otherwise it sounds flat, undefined, too soft, like when you compare an mp3 vs a high def file.Īnd is this dependency of the schiit eitr (on my system), the limitation of not be able to keep both RCA and XLR connections at same time and the lack of synergy with my RNHP who made me decide to go higher tier. Not quite sure if post it here or as a new thread so I posted here While I do find an improvement with the iPurifier on the USB IMHO it not matches the Schiit Eitr sound quality, the funny thing here is I ended preferring the Schiit PYST USB cable over AudioQuest ones, to me the Pearl sounds some kind of ‘compressed’ with blunted highs, while the Cinnamon sounded more airy yes, but thinner and bright while the PYST sounded more rounded, good extension both sides and preserved the Ares II meaty sound. In my system (beefy gaming PC) and to me it definitely offers better performance through Schiit Eitr than the USB alone or with iPurifier, blacker background, deeper stage, more defined and tighter bass. I performed some tests using AudioQuest Pearl, Cinnamon and Schiit PYST usb cables, with and without iFi iPurifier, and also with a Schiit Eitr with the same cables (and all the permutations in between :D). After some more time with Ares II I can say it definitely worth the upgrade, however one particular finding: IMO it needs some kind of DDC in order to sound its best.
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