Musician Pegasus II R2R DAC Review - Familiar, and that's good!

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Timestamps...
00:00 Intro, Pricing, Disclaimer
00:57 Shameless Self Promotion
01:29 What is Pegasus II?
02:47 Takeaways
04:30 Build & Features
07:44 Balanced vs Single-Ended
09:37 Test Gear
12:48 Sound
18:12 Comparison with Schiit Bifrost 2/64
20:34 Upsampling & NOS vs OS
23:06 Final Thoughts

[@TheVeganVicar]

Nice review, but methinks I will stick with my Lynx Hilo. ❤

[@delta9k]

Thanks for the review, it is nice to hear your take on some of the peices from that brand in regards to build and sound along with your comparison to some other brands that may be more falimiar.

[@mehmetcamat4458]

How would you compare this unit to the Gustard R26 ?

[@inlikeflynt56]

My Dac search just ended. Received got my Yggdrasil + LIM today from Schiit. Astonishing sound compared to the Bifrost 2/64 I’ve been using.

[@rherbm]

Interesting. What percentage are you estimating? I genuinely don't think source gear matters much past a certain point after auditioning several one right after the next

[@williams9117]

Thanks for your review ! Would love to hear your opinion on the Musician Audio Taurus ! What is your reference dac ?

[@hiraksarma3068]

Any chance of Holo / Rockna DACs review in the future.

[@JasonD-yc3oy]

could you review the SMSL SU-X DAC?

[@Mattiu75]

Thanks for thus review! Given I understood it's not a bright sounding DAC by any means, if you had to pick one characterisation of its presentation, what would it be: upfront or laid-back? Thanks!

[@SimpleMailWork]

If there is any difference compared to the previous Pegasus first version?

[@alphaniner3770]

few components were changed - according to Musician with parts that have a better cost-performance ratio. As the price didn't go up I would say that this was the major achievement. Sound difference is probably very minor. I have a Peg 1 and this review would match with that one perfectly. The current Chinese DAC to check out in this price range is the Cyan 2 made by Holo Audio.

[@marlowe1537]

Why no comparison with the Denafrips Ares 12-1? Not only is the Denafrips closer in price than the Bifrost, but I have read numerous times that the innards of Musician DACs are virtual clones of Denafrips units.

[@GeirRssaak]

Incredible to hear that this overprized product does not have an amp!!!

[@peterwood2633]

The white text on the front, it looks cheap. Why not mill into the aluminium at this price point.rest of the front looks awesome the angles.

[@Mr1stcat]

No thanks

[@Reeeepicheep]

Sounds like a more expensive EF400, wonder how it compares

[@alphaniner3770]

hard to compare and it depends on the rest of the gear - I have an R2R DAC-Amp that is comparable to the EF400 - with the right headphones that works fine. I also tested this DAC-Amp in my main (loudspeaker) system - replacing my Pegasus and pre-amp - and then the difference was rather large.