Hi Shankar
It was a pair of M3tis, a little Velodyne sub and a 5 wpc tube amp that started me down the road of audio obsession in search of audio bliss!
I used a $29 Fiio DAC and it sure made my cable box sound good!
I've been on a DAC tear this year. Picked up a Bryston BDA 2 for my main system. I still use an old coax only Theta Pro for the CD player. Got a Jadis JPL preamp (audio porn) for the Conrad Johnson MV60SE amp. Grabbed a pair of Montana pbn speakers. That system is done. (Never done really)
True high end sound!
I moved the Schiit Bifrost multibit DAC upstairs to the Klipsch Forte Harman Kardon TA5000x tube system. Sounds incredible.
Here's the deal of the bunch. I grabbed a Topping D50 512DSD DAC for my Integra M504/P304 Dahlquist DQM905 system. Great sounding solid state system. I highly recommend the $250 Topping DAC. This is the work out room system. Doesn't get as much play as it should.
DACs may be the most significant component after speakers for a system.
