enkianthus vs hermes

I've owned both. The Enkianthus is far better than the Hermes. I spent quite a bit of time hopping up the Hermes, and could never get the fine detail and relaxed, analog like sound the Enkianthus produced. The DAC in the Enkianthus is an actual upsampler, whereas the Hermes (as least the one I had) is not. A friend of mine had a similar experience as well. He also went from an Enkianthus to a Hermes. He ended up selling the Hermes and going back to the Enkianthus.

I agree with Glreno but you also may wnat to consider a tube dac like audio note and audio logic

We have sold both DACs and the day of the over priced units are ending. We have now found a unit that easily eclipses everything but the very best at cost no object and it sells under $2000.00 Follow the North Star to musical pleasure. They also make a great transport and when combined it far exceeds units costing 10 times as much. The combo sells for less than than $3800.00 Brought to you by the people who introduced both the Hermes and the Audiomeca to North America. Technology just keeps improving. Don't spend more until you find out about this product.