DAC Accustics Art - Ayon CD5S - AMR DAP 777

Gammajo: I listened with stock tubes, but I have heard that the 1980's tubes are quite special in the Ayon... you mentioned one thing that is very very hard for digital to make me do and that is smile; the CD5s had me grinning from ear to ear all the time. It is a special piece!

Got it Audiofun
Thanks

The cable part# is 139-080 online at parts express. The price is $0.88, you won't be sorry. This is not a joke, this USB in every way was identical in sound to my former Cynosure and better by a good margin than all the others I tried.

Thanks guys for the feedbacks, I guess I can't go wrong with either Ayon CD5S vs. AMR DAP 777.

I was listening to Ayon CD 5 and CD 5S on separate occasion, they are very impressive. I need to find out the difference between these two.

If I go with AMR, I need to figure out the transport, my YBA CD3 is acting weird once in a while.

Audiofun, thanks for posting a very enjoyable review, and as a CD-5s owner, I also agree with your comments.

Gunsur, here is a list of improvements in the CD-5s over the previous model CD-5 -

- improved Japanese analogue volume control
- new preamp design
- improved tube output stage
- 24/192 asynchronous USB input
- further refined power supplies
- 2 x Mundorf Supreme Silver/Gold/oil caps
- xlr input
- "true analogue in"
- 0/180° phase toggle
- Normal/direct to amp toggle

Cheers,
MG