To DAC or not to DAC


I have an Alesis Masterlink 9600 CD recorder (reviewed this month in Stereophile!), and I'm wondering if I should run this componet through my MSB Link DAC 3? I wonder if its redundant and un-nessesary since the Masterlink already has 24 bit/128 oversampling. I wonder if running data through two DAC's will improve playback sound quality, decrease the quality or simply do nothing?

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The MSB Link DAC does have the upsampling option installed.

mhubbard

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You should look into getting an Art DI/O everyone raves about these with some basic mods, you being into recording and such you will like that piece, and its a steal retailing at $500 with some basic mods it will smoke most any DAC this side of 4k. ~Tim
Your right Sean I have; I have never had a Dio so I am just going by what others tell me- just wanted to offer it as another possibility. ~Tim