AIR should be easy to beat. In a careful set up you can take the sMS-200 past most anything out there. It takes quite some effort though (studying/reading and learning from other people's experieces) and additional resources, the most important one being the best PSU one can afford to buy.
Anyone who's not up to that can IMO better stay with AIR or if one wants that level of SQ buy a very expensive but turn-key solution like for example the Aurender N10/W20.
Anyone who's not up to that can IMO better stay with AIR or if one wants that level of SQ buy a very expensive but turn-key solution like for example the Aurender N10/W20.
PS Audio P3, Shunyata ΞTRON Alpha Digital and HC/Furutech power cables, Paul Hynes SR7EHD-MR4, DIY Roon Server & Roon Endpoint running AudioLinux Headless, Phasure Lush^2 USB cable, Audioquest Diamond RJ/E ethernet, Uptone Audio etherREGEN, Mutec MC-3+ USB, Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU, Devialet Expert 250 Pro CI, Nordost Tyr Reference LS cables, Von Schweikert VR-5 SE Anniversary Edition, Anti-Mode Dual Core 2.0, JL Audio Fathom F112. More detail here.
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