Tony
these players both sound nice but use old technology.
WIth upsampling done right you can get much better resolution of low level detail, seperation of instruments, etc..
I was looking to buy an Arc C2 and took it home to demo for a long weekend, I later took an ARC DAC3 (highest end tube dac). It was more refining than a Sonic Frontiers but was not as revealing as an EVS Millenium II DAC which I purchased on a 30 day return policy(no longer available, but Ric can mod an existing dac (tweakaudio.com))
Find a new player or dac with upsampling
You can always buy a quality used transport and a good dac now.
Or you can snag an Audio Aero Prima 24/192 version (haven't heard it myself, but it's getting hot press), the little brother of the Capitol ($6000, which everyone seems to be raving about) for a little more than the $1500.
do a search on audio aero for more details (this thread is good ( 1022147810 ) or visit their website
www.audioaero.com
best of luck in this pursuit
tom
these players both sound nice but use old technology.
WIth upsampling done right you can get much better resolution of low level detail, seperation of instruments, etc..
I was looking to buy an Arc C2 and took it home to demo for a long weekend, I later took an ARC DAC3 (highest end tube dac). It was more refining than a Sonic Frontiers but was not as revealing as an EVS Millenium II DAC which I purchased on a 30 day return policy(no longer available, but Ric can mod an existing dac (tweakaudio.com))
Find a new player or dac with upsampling
You can always buy a quality used transport and a good dac now.
Or you can snag an Audio Aero Prima 24/192 version (haven't heard it myself, but it's getting hot press), the little brother of the Capitol ($6000, which everyone seems to be raving about) for a little more than the $1500.
do a search on audio aero for more details (this thread is good ( 1022147810 ) or visit their website
www.audioaero.com
best of luck in this pursuit
tom