Hi, I sell Slim Devices products and the Lavry, Benchmark and Belcanto dacs here in Australia, out of these what you are describing would be best rememdied with the benchmark which is has a good level of detail and clarity, plenty of dynamics and to me a little strong in the higher frequencies (but your speakers/system may need this to be balanced overall). The Lavry personally I favor over the Benchmark, it is not as in your face as the benchmark, I feel it has a more balanced sound in my system. The Belcanto DAC 3 may also be worth considering, 6moons have a good review at the moment, but I am yet to here personally in my own system so will reserve judgement till, then.
The Transporter is a considerable jump up over the SB3 sound qualitywise but the tonality is similar to the SB3 although I would say it has moved closer to your preferences. Hope this helps. -- dlite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dlite's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4885 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31533 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
