A totally irrelevant opinion.. my source is Mac Mini, my speakers either Dynaudio Xeo 20 or Edifier S3000 Pro (both active speakers). I found direct cabling was good, but putting a humble Schiit Modius in the middle made the sound a lot crisper. Trying a more expensive DAC made very little difference.
TO DAC OR NOT TO DAC?
....that is my question. I have a Micromega Stage 1 CD player. I just read, in Stereophile, the review of the Musical Fidelity DAC. Add on a DAC, such as this, or upgrade my entire CD player? Which is the most cost effective way to go? It seems that this DAC, if it is cut out to be what it's supposed to be, is the way to go. Feedback about DACS, in general, would be appreciated.
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Hello to all, I have a perhaps strange, perhaps normal question. I have a Marantz SACD-30n CD/SACD player. I like its sound pretty much, and I like what it does (i.e. receives internet radio, can use the DAC portion for streaming from my iPad). It’s a nice Swiss army knife of a player. I’ve been looking at various R2R DACs or tube-based DACs.
Thanks for any responses.
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@hoodjem if I understand you correctly, you are asking which is better a CDP or a DAC? That is an interesting question and I do not know. One salesman asked me "Do you listen to CDs or streaming"? If you do streaming, then a DAC would make sense. That was a purely functional reason, not considering SQ. Assumption by the salesman was SQ was not affected. Maybe you can get more for you dollar with a DAC since a DAC has less parts. |
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