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DAC - Cheap Upsampler or Old Standby?

Hi all,

I'm going to be purchasing a DAC >$1000 pretty soon. I'd like to hear from anybody who is familiar with the new breed of upsampling DACs like Bel Canto, MSB, Perpetual and how you would rate them next to the old standby's of Meridian 566, ARC Dac2, etc. I'm leaning towards a Meridian 566 (20 or 24 bit) - but really am curious about the Bel Canto and the others..

So, is upsampling just the new cool thing, or would you really prefer that Bel Canto to a used 566?

Thanks,
Adam
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chams_uk
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My 2 cents: the EVS stuff is incredible for less $$ than others. For your price range, too, the new Musical Fidelity should be nice. Their shill, Sam Tellig, definitely likes it. And I've tended to trust his findings before.

With that all said....check out the EVS site, as Phild suggests. Ric's opinion is that it is better to tweak a one-piece CD player than play with separates, with jitter, external feeds, extra cabling, etc.

He should be offering some very nice mods to CD/DVD/SACD players very soon. I'm in line for a mod to a VERY cheap Sony NS500V (DVD/SACD/CD), and also a Pioneer DV-47A (DVD/SACD/DVD-A/CD). Should be incredible sound for little bucks comparitively.

Whatever you do, best 'o' luck !
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