Yes I own the Onyx, I have owned it almost since it came out. The dac progression would be:
Peachtree Decco integrated > HRT Music Streamer + > Cambridge Audio Dacmagic + > PS Audio Perfectwave MK2 > Metrum Onyx
I own a portable high res audio player from Pioneer (XDP 100R) which uses the Sabre ESS9018 chips. This is also a fairly high end player as far as that space is concerned.
And of course I heard plenty of other dacs such as the T+A DAC8 DSD, Mytek Brooklyn etc.
I prefer the rounded, tangible nature of the Metrum over the delta sigma dacs I have owned. This is also an extremely high resolution, noiseless dac.
Peachtree Decco integrated > HRT Music Streamer + > Cambridge Audio Dacmagic + > PS Audio Perfectwave MK2 > Metrum Onyx
I own a portable high res audio player from Pioneer (XDP 100R) which uses the Sabre ESS9018 chips. This is also a fairly high end player as far as that space is concerned.
And of course I heard plenty of other dacs such as the T+A DAC8 DSD, Mytek Brooklyn etc.
I prefer the rounded, tangible nature of the Metrum over the delta sigma dacs I have owned. This is also an extremely high resolution, noiseless dac.