Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
I am yet to decide between this and a SMSL M9. The M6 uses a single AKM AK4390EF DAC
AKM (Asahi Kasei Microdevices) is a well known company for DACs
The $3000 Denon flagship AVR-X7200WA uses eleven AK4490 DACs (the SMSL M9 uses two) Predecessor Denon AVR-7200W had seven AK4490 DACs AVR-X6400H integrates two premium AK4458VN AVR-X4200W integrates two premium AK4458 Network Player DNP-2500NE integrates a premium sampling rate converter, the AK4137EQ
Marantz AV8802 preamp/processor uses seven AKM AK4490 DACs
TEAC UD-503 DAC/Amp ($799) uses AKM AK4490
Yulong DA9 Balanced DAC/Amp uses AK4497 ($999 on Massdrop)
ONKYO Network CD Receiver CR-N765 uses AK4490EQ
Astell&Kern A&ultima SP1000 DAP ($3499 on Amazon) uses two AK4497EQ Astell&Kern AK320 & AK380 DAP ($2299 on Amazon) uses dual AK4490 DACs Astell&Kern KANN DAP ($999 on Amazon) uses AK4490 DAC