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Would A DAC Help Very Much?

In about a month, I'll have my Musical Concepts hot-rodded Dynaco PAS3x and Hafler DH-500 going to a new pair of Magnepan 1.7's. Morrow cables throughout. Can't wait.

Until then, I'm running iTunes through a nice Morrow iPod cable directly to the aux input of a Sansui 9090db (then into some cheap Polk T-60s)

I'm not going to lie to you, it sounds pretty good. When I get my main system in, will I appreciate adding a DAC to the system?
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kbarkamian
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You'll probably hear a good difference using a better source like a DAC. However, make sure you can get a digital signal out of your iPod before you buy a DAC. Very, very few items get the digital signal from iPods.

For a DAC and iPod dock 1 piece solution, look into the Peachtree iDAC. It's about $1k. Haven't heard it, so no comment. A lot of people like the Peachtree stuff, hence my recommending researching it.

HRT just released an iPod compatable DAC thing. Haven't heard HRT either, but a lot of people I know really like the sound for the dollar in their other stuff.
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