McIntosh C48 and C50 owners-how good is the DAC?


For all you owners of the McIntosh C48 and C50 Preamps, what's your take on the DAC that's built into it? Is it any better than the unit in your cd player?
sid42

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I own the C48, and am totally happy with it. I was just curious what other owners might have to say about the included DAC. I didn't buy the C48 for the DAC portion, but because it had the 5-band eq, was a simple unit compared to other units in their line with seperate listen & record circuits, and had a nice remote. When switching back and forth between the RCA output and the Digital out from my cd player, I defintely hear a more open and airy sound thru the internal DAC on the C48. I am curious as to what others think.