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RE: trickle down dsd from PS Audio - new dac @ $1299

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Tom Schuman

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In Reply to: RE: trickle down dsd from PS Audio - new dac @ $1299 posted by mbnx01 on June 27, 2015 at 09:17:50

For that money you can get a very good integrated amplifier with a DAC included, say a Marantz 8005, and I'll be damned if anyone could consistently tell the difference between the DACs, blind. IMO flashy, boutique products offering little value. I won't even comment on the pricier model where you have to update the firmware every two weeks and burn in for months before it sounds as it should. Sad.

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RE:" very good integrated amplifier with a DAC included, say a Marantz 8005"... - Ivan303 17:24:21 06/30/15 (0)
I don't believe the Marantz PA-8005 includes a DAC, and the SA-8005 is a disk spinner but not an amp.

Marantz house sound at this price point is OK, but a better DAC experience can be had in the $1000 price range.

I have both the NA-7004, which listed for about $800 when new, and the DV-9600 which was at one time Marantz's best multi silver-disk spinner and originally listed $2000, albeit nearly a decade ago.

Happy with both.
I'll agree similar dacs sound similar - mbnx01 15:16:33 06/30/15 (2)
I had three kilobuck dacs once and they all sounded pretty similar, although I did have a favorite among them.

But their not sounding better than the built in dac in a thousand dollar amp?

I find that hard to believe.

"A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."

-Mark Twain
- 'believe' is the right word for it... - Tom Schuman 15:31:39 06/30/15 (1)
  i'll give you a full afternoon to compare, where you're not sure which is which, and then ask you if you want to spend 2x as much on the separates, instead of 50 hi res downloads or CDs.......
  - here's something you can put in the bank - mbnx01 20:05:30 06/30/15 (0)
    My Marantz SACD player doesn't sound near as good as any of these dacs.
    
    "A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."
    
    -Mark Twain
RE: trickle down dsd from PS Audio - new dac @ $1299 - Sprezza Tura 14:15:27 06/30/15 (0)
You make a very good point.

I think excellent advice in these times for digital is buy cheap and buy often.

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