2020 Editors’ Choice: DACs $1,000 – $3,000

Musical Surroundings Mydac II $1200 The Musical Surroundings Mydac II offers a unique solution to the problem of accurate digital sound reproduction by augmenting its performance through mid- and upper-frequency equalization. The result is a DAC that sounds “less digital” and reproduces upper frequencies with less of a hard, amusical edge. The USB input is also not nearly as good as the Mydac II’s S/PDIF input in terms of overall sound quality. To hear the Mydac II’s true sonic potential with computer-based music files you will need to add a high-quality USB-to-SPDIF converter. M2Tech Young MK2/MK3 MQA $1499/$1599 This meticulously …