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Today's best $1,000-$1,500 DAC connected to a Mac Mini outperforms the state of the art Redbook CD player of _______ years ago.

turboglo10-20-2012 8:42pm

turboglo OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 110 posts 10-22-2012 at 03:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for the responses. The question assumes that the person responding has a reasonable level of experience with both reference CD players and the very latest mid-level DAC/computer sources. I'm asking because I don't have that level of experience, and am trying to determine if I'm being snowed by a sales person. I will say that I did take home an inexpensive DAC last weekend that was surprisingly impressive when hooked into my computer source. Sounded way better to me (from memory) than a CD player that 10 years ago was the top of the line player of a well-know British company.
turboglo OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 110 posts 10-22-2012 at 04:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes, using dedicated 2010 Mac Mini , 8GB RAM, with SSD drive for OS (Mountain Lion). Using glass optical for the most part. Using Audirvana. Time to upgrade the DAC, which is what this is all about. Budget is an issue, though. Going to give the new $800 Schiit Gungnir a test drive. Hoping against hope it's a giant-maimer, if not killer.