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Denon 2900 w/ external dac

Hello, I'm looking for some opinions on whether or not the Denon 2900 would benefit from an external dac, I guess what i'm asking is would the denon make a good transport, for a 2ch cd setup. thanks. ps. any ideas on a decent dac would be appreciated also.
readster
phild
603 posts
 
If I were you I'd skip the external DAC (and extra cabling) and have the Denon modded, but that's me.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
Universal players often have the problem of playing SACD extremely well and redbook CD very poorly. You may improve it by modding it, but if your collection is mostly CD, then an outboard DAC may make sense, such as a modded MSB or modded Perpetual Technologies P-3A. These are truly superb DAC's and modding the 2900 will probably not equal them. However, if you do this, I would strongly urge you to get digital mods to the transport and maybe even a superclock2. This will make the difference between sound and music.
elevick
2,636 posts
 
I don't know about the 2900, but my 2200 sounds much better using the internal DAC than using the digital out to my Anthem AVM-2. I think you will need an extremely expensive DAC to beat the denon quality.
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