Can anyone readily identify which technology is used in top engineering implementations of the top DACs?
My guess is that identifying a Tube DAC would be easiest. Is that a correct assumption?
Do tube DACs sound softer, mushier, and less dynamic?
(For full transparency, my personal preference and bias: I'm ACUTELY ALLERGIC to analytic sound like that of Magico Q5 with Spectral or Magico Q5 with CH Precision and SEVERELY ALLERGIC to mushy and soft sound like that of DSD DACs or underpowered tube amps driving today's popular yet hard-to-drive box speakers that strip dynamic life out of the music.)
My guess is that identifying a Tube DAC would be easiest. Is that a correct assumption?
Do tube DACs sound softer, mushier, and less dynamic?
(For full transparency, my personal preference and bias: I'm ACUTELY ALLERGIC to analytic sound like that of Magico Q5 with Spectral or Magico Q5 with CH Precision and SEVERELY ALLERGIC to mushy and soft sound like that of DSD DACs or underpowered tube amps driving today's popular yet hard-to-drive box speakers that strip dynamic life out of the music.)