Musician Draco R2R DAC (Ex-Demo)

Ex Demo. 

Comes with original packaging 

Read review here 

Musician is a relatively new brand that has quickly built a reputation for producing high-performing R2R DACs at reasonable prices, and Draco comes with the most reasonable price tag yet. Most of the technology has trickled down from the more expensive Musician Pegasus that got high scores here at iiWi reviews. Now the question remains – is Draco a good affordable alternative, or has it sacrificed too much?

Build and Features

Just like its bigger brother, Musician Draco uses thick aluminium for the front plate. Some savings were made by using thinner metal sheets for the top cover and sides. But make no mistake, this is still a high-quality all-metal build we’re talking about. The front panel is simple with only a few buttons and several red LED indicators. Moving to the back, we can see another cost-saving measure – a gilded IEC power socket sourced from Furutech is gone, and a generic-looking one took its place. That was to be expected however, I don’t think there’s much budget for boutique parts once we go below one thousand dollars price.