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Hey, Ive been looking for a new dac for some time with many people recommending the ud501. I havent been able to source this (live in australia so not a great used market) but would like to get some recommendations for some equally good or other viable options. I have a budget of like...

yeah i wish I could have but there was no way unfortunately, i went ahead and bought the cyrus + elacs based on reviews and talking to people directly who had tested that combination so hopefully its good when it arrives

thanks for all the replies, i went with the cyrus because of the price and ill return it if i need to, i have topping already for headphones but i dont have the ability to test either of the speaker amps unfortunately. i now just need to decide on speakers to go with it since i like the look of...

I got the opportunity to buy the cyrus one for a good price (770aud) to go along with my elac dbr62 speakers in a nearfield setup, do you think this is worth getting over the topping pa5 (550aud) or the smsl ao200 (360aud)

Do you guys think there would be much difference between these 2 amps? both are somewhat similarly priced and ill be using them with the elac dbr62 speakers.

Thanks yeah that was how I found it, a few people in further pages mention pairing it with the same speakers. I have TRS pass through from my amp so Ill likely use that or just xlr to trs from my dac and rca to my amp but thats a worse solution. EDIT: I also found the behringer a800, nad c 328...

Just came across a model called the Topping PA5 that I hadnt seen before. I can buy them local to me at the same store in person that I bought my other topping equipment and it seems to have good reviews at 2x65w into 8 ohm. The dbr62 are also 6 ohm so this might be the holy grail ive found. Idk...

I can look around yeah just not sure on specific models. If you think most 50wpc amps should be good then ill just look for everything i can find in that category

I can usually get most things via shipping within the country. Often theres a bit of a markup which is why i said 700usd at most for the class ab if that was going to be beneficial. Not really sure about if its considered good but the only class d ive really looked at with 50wpc is the smsl da-9.

Unfortunately not there arent any speakers I can try and likely not many amps. Thats the main reason im trying to do as much research as possible and make a good decision. Hopefully also buy from stores that will let me return it if its really bad for my setup.

This is entirely from a PC through a topping d30pro mix of flac files and deezer.

Can anyone recommend a class D or class AB amp to use with these speakers. Trying to spend no more than like 700usd if possible not sure if the actual difference between class d and ab is worth it with these, I can put them anywhere so size doesnt matter too much. Ill be using the speakers for...

So other than picking the amp they should be all good within like 1-2m listening range?

I can get the amp on a shelf inbetween the speakers or if its small enough to go on a desk that works, not fussed either way. Music source will always be from my pc using deezer/tital/foobar etc. At the moment i have a dac which outputs rca to my current speakers and xlr into a headphone amp...

I hadnt heard of that reviewer but ill check those and the reviewer out. I guess regarding the back port ill note that I have a decent amount of space with the ability to easily put up to a ft or 2 between the wall and speakers if needed.