Melco N1Z vs Aurender N10 vs CAD CAT

[Hifi_swlon]

I don't think your conclusion is valid, he's not saying it's perfect and there's nothing better. He just said AIR3 and the TotalDAC are close to being equal. If I remember correctly Guillaume still prefers some models by Melco and Aurender over the TotalDAC.

Perfect does not exist in analog or digital to analog conversions for that matter and what's 'good enough' is very much open for discussion.

OK, agreed about my conclusion there, a bit of overreach.

But it seems like if the differences are getting smaller to the point they're harder to distinguish at this level, we must be getting close to perfect on the mechanisms surrounding audio data delivery at least? That said I'm looking forward to your uRendu/AIR3/Mutec shootout Antoine.