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RE: dac

I'm not aware of any issues with the sampling rates available with the original DAC other than a deal breaker for some people is that the USB input is limited to 16bit/48K. The simple solution is to use a USB-to-SPDIF converter from your computer/server to the co-axial input on the DAC.

As to the DAC-R having fewer filter options, the one filter I noticed that they no longer offer is the minimum phase soft-knee filter for lower sampling rates. I find that it's a good one for well-recorded and properly mastered CDs, otherwise I use the minimum phase apodising filter for just about everything. Being able to switch between filters remotely would be a nice feature but I find that listening to music for an extended period and then re-listening with a different filter is just as productive, it just takes longer. For me the two best filters stood out fairly quickly when I played some of the more strident CDs I have.

The more I listen to a range of CDs through the Rega DAC the more I'm convinced that I've made headway into taming the sometimes harsh sound of Redbook CD. I'm quite content listening to CDs for hours and don't shy away from some of my collection like I did before the Rega DAC.

No guarantee that you'll find the same, so it's a bit of a gamble. But you won't know unless you try. That's why I went with a used DAC at a price I could justify; if it didn't work out I could always sell it and not lose much.

Regards,
Tom


Edits: 01/31/15
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