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Which DAC as a preamp?

Hi folks...I am looking for opinions regarding DACs to use as a digital pre-amp to drive my red dragon monoblocks. I am considering Audiolab MDAC plus, Musical Fidelity M6s DAC, NAD C-510, or the Audio Alchemy DDP-1.    Any thoughts as to which would be the best pick?
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shadorne
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@hicksmore 

RCA coax is intended for digital signals. I suggest to try the M6S RCA analog output with simple analog RCA cables.




vinylvalet
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I've not heard the DACs listed by the OP. I've found the Sonnet Morpheus to be excellent driving my ATC SCM100ASLT active speakers.
antigrunge2
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If you look for a fully featured preamp and top DAC, look at Antelope in the used market. Zodiac Gold or Platinum are hard to beat
hickamore
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@shadorne

I'm referring to DAC input from streamer, not output to preamp. Output is balanced XLR to the preamp. Input is the RCA coax from the streamer (as of today).
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