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In Reply to: New to DACs here...for better sound, get better CD player, or get a DAC for current player? posted by mtrot on October 4, 2016 at 10:03:17:
Should I get a better source device, such as an Oppo 105, and use the analog outputs? Or, should I get a quality DAC and use my current Oppo as a transport?
My vote would be for the latter option. It will also facilitate the time if you should move to a server / streamer based solution in the future - that's what I use.
While most of the discussions seem to surround the particular DAC chips used, I find that the analog output stage to be more important in determining the final audio quality. You can have the best conversion, but if it is amplified by a ho-hum analog stage using run-of-the-mill op amps and a basic power supply, then the results will not be optimum.
What's true for preamplifier quality holds true here as well. I prefer units with beefy and isolated power supplies for the analog and digital sections, use of discrete zero feedback output devices and galvanic isolation from the transport source.
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Follow Ups
- RE: New to DACs here...for better sound, get better CD player, or get a DAC for current player? - E-Stat 09:20:10 10/05/16 (1)
- Very sage advice about the importance of the analog output stage of the DAC nt - G Squared 13:54:57 10/05/16 (0)
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