I recently added a new set of speakers and have started to tune my rearranged man-cave/listening room. Simultaneously, I got the urge to play with the digital side of my system (list below).
Was thinking of targeting my DAC for an upgrade since it's probably long in the tooth (given the rate of change in the digital domain). However, several discussions on Audiogon suggest that the weak link might be the transport or adding some sort of re-sampler. One goal would be improved soundstaging on this round.
Would appreciate recommendations that are in line with my current system (price and performance). Thanks all!
SET UP
Rega
Planar 3 (Jeff Spall's Audiomods arm, Lim pulley, bracing,
Groovetracer subplatter, Rega white belt)
Zu
Audio Denon DL103 MK II
Jolida
JD9 II (stock)
Peachtree
Audio DAC*IT
Tascam
CD-200 (transport)
Custom
PC (USB feed to DAC, silence mods, iTunes, 9 TB NAS storage)
Luminous
Audio Axiom II
Bryston
4-B SST
Bluejeans
Cables (all)
KEH
LS50 (Target stands)
Thiel
CS1.6
SVS
PB-1000
Room
14' x 20', carpeted concrete / random large boulder walls / untreated
