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What do you think of a Sonic Frontiers Processor 3

With all the available software and older redbook cd's out would you recommend the Processor 3. Is it worth the money or what DAC would be better. Is an upsampling DAC better. This is for 2 channel stereo. I have a Pioneer AX-10 for a transport it decodes SACD and DVD-a's.
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sutts
697 posts
 
Processor 3 is great, but only becomes superb when fed with the propritary i2S digital cable, either from a SF Transport 3, or SFT-1 so equipped...
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Right on sutts--- I do remember the review---It states the same thing---niether pieces were to hot(for the $$$) by themselves.---But great together. Get you one of them Audiomecca Enkainthus dacs--I own one.
sutts
697 posts
 
...I should add that we did a shoootout last year at a local dealer and the SF T3/P3 combo beat out a Sim Audio Eclipse (which I used to own) and an ARC CD3 latest version- in fact it beat both handily IMO- **Note- again, this was ONLY when connected through the proprietary I2S interface. In fact, I would have bought the combo, but it was too $$$- I have settled with a Vecteur transport and Audio Logic 24MXL dac connected with Marigo 5.7 Sig dig. cable and have been very pleased...
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