Digital
12 components, ranked on engine node quality — mean across evidenced axes; spec-and-review derived. Node quality is spec-and-review derived; treat small differences between neighbouring components as directional rather than exact.
| No. | Brand | Component | Role | Node quality | Chains (of 60) |
|---|
Awaiting evidence
12 components carry no evidenced axes yet, so no score is shown — nothing is invented.
| Brand | Component | Role | Chains (of 60) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | AirPlay 2 (network input) | Digital source | — |
| Apple | Mac mini -> USB (Apple Music) | Digital source | — |
| Audio Note | DAC 0.1x | DAC | — |
| Chord Electronics | DAVE | DAC | — |
| Chord Electronics | Hugo TT 2 | DAC | — |
| Chord Electronics | Qutest | DAC | — |
| dCS | Bartók (APEX) | DAC | — |
| dCS | Lina Network DAC | DAC | — |
| EAR Yoshino | DAC 4 | DAC | — |
| Leema | Libra DAC | DAC | — |
| Meridian | Ultra DAC | DAC | — |
| Sugden | Masterclass DAC-4 | DAC | — |