For the-ear.net David Vivian plugs-in the Emotiva XDA-3 DAC/Pre and discovers a true hi-fi bargain: “No slow-burn, you’ll-like-me-when-you-know-me transactional posturing here. With all that familial firepower to do its bidding, the XDA-3 is an instant, get-a-load-of-this, high-achiever…With Primare’s excellent NP5 Prisma Mk2 streaming transport plugged in via the Toslink optical input, listening to a 24/96kHz Qobuz stream through the XDA-3/A-300 after a talented and far pricier super-integrated/outboard DAC of repute (I’ll save the blushes) is sobering to say the least… The Emotiva XDA-3’s broad-based capabilities, while considerable, don’t scale the heights of kit that might be considered ‘true high end’ but then, they don’t claim to and don’t need to. For the money, they’re much better than they need to be and, in the world of true hi-fi bargains, that’s more than enough, especially if you just want to kick back and enjoy a broad spectrum of music as cost-efficiently as possible.”
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