Hi Anwar, thanks for the response and detailing of the various iterations you have gone through. Although I hope that your last sentence is not true, the lack of response here may be telling. That Innuos Zenith gets a lot of good press, may be time for me to start looking at that and similar solutions, though I’m getting to be an old geezer whose patience wears thin pretty quickly these days so ‘simplicity’ is a priority. Good luck with your PC-based efforts.......
DACs That Improve The Sound of the Sony HAP-Z1ES
Some discussions of this here in the past, but mostly ad hoc rather than anything comprehensive. For those using a DAC that both improves the sound of and works seamlessly with the Sony, I would appreciate your input as to what your are using, and if enough of a positive change to justify the expense. And even though every now and then I think about it, in the end would prefer to not move to computer based solutions, love the simplicity of the Sony.