# Meze Empyrean VS. Audeze LCD-X (2021) **URL:** https://forum.headphones.com/t/meze-empyrean-vs-audeze-lcd-x-2021/12493 **Category:** General Headphone Discussion **Created:** [May 9, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/meze-empyrean-vs-audeze-lcd-x-2021/12493 "2021-05-09T18:07:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![Jsim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jsim/32/26784_2.png) [@Jsim](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Jsim) #### Post date: [May 11, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/meze-empyrean-vs-audeze-lcd-x-2021/12493/18 "2021-05-11T17:35:46Z")
> [@cspersel](#): > > I’ve also thought of upgrading my DAC to a Denafrips or Holo Audio, but love the Gungnir multibit so much that I can’t really justify spending another $4-5k and feel confident that the results would be that much better. Agreed. A DAC upgrade is tempting, but to get a meaningful upgrade will cost a lot of money, and I don’t have the kind of income that would allow me to easily justify spending thousands for just a relatively marginal improvement without eventually feeling remorseful over it. I have auditioned a bunch of high-end DACs up to the Chord DAVE + MScaler, and that certainly showed a reasonably substantial improvement over the Bifrost 2, but definitely not a game-changing improvement like the Euforia has been. If you haven’t yet played around with tube rolling, that’s something I can sincerely recommend. I have recently posted some impressions [here](https://forum.headphones.com/t/feliks-audio-euforia-official-thread/7613/32) from my first step into tube rolling in case you’re willing to consider it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.headphones.com/t/meze-empyrean-vs-audeze-lcd-x-2021/12493)._