RE: "Have you compared an upgraded Sonos Connect to a standard Connect going through a first-class DAC?"...

Posted by Ivan303 (A) on May 27, 2015 at 07:28:01

In Reply to: RE: SONOS CONNECT is in the house... posted by msa on May 27, 2015 at 05:41:51:

Inmate 'Bullethead' has.

To be clear, the Wyred4Sound upgrade is not an upgrade to the internal DAC but to the circuitry leading up to it.

From the Wyred4Sound web site: "This upgrade entirely replaces the mediocre Cirrius Logic CODAC and the associated high jitter clocks. The mod was designed to integrate the SONOS system into a high end audio system through an outboard Digital to Analog Converter. This new custom board is installed in the SONOS and directly converts the I²S into up-sampled SPDIF."

That said, I may have to upgrade the DAC in my system as the one incorporated in the Marantz NA-7004 is mid-level at best. Not bad, better than many CD players but not what one would expect at the $1000+ level.

AS such, I do hear an improvement switching back and forth from analog RCA outputs on the Connect to the external DAC in the NA-7004. Just not night and day.

Link below:

First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

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Topic - SONOS CONNECT is in the house... - Ivan303 07:22:35 05/26/15 (20)

I sent my Sonos Connect in to Wyred 4 Sound last week.. - Lee M 21:38:22 06/03/15 (3)

Are you using with an external DAC? - Ivan303 19:41:47 06/05/15 (2)

It will probably be a week or two before I have 50... - Lee M 11:21:57 06/06/15 (0)

I was talking to the dealer yesterday... - Lee M 07:16:01 06/06/15 (0)

As long as your coax cable is.... - rlw 10:31:33 06/02/15 (0)

RE: SONOS CONNECT is in the house... - msa 05:41:51 05/27/15 (9)

RE: "Have you compared an upgraded Sonos Connect to a standard Connect going through a first-class DAC?"... - Ivan303 07:28:01 05/27/15 (8)

ivan - bullethead 07:38:07 05/27/15 (7)

RE: ivan - msa 06:50:19 05/28/15 (4)

RE: ivan - bullethead 06:59:27 05/28/15 (3)

That said, I'm pretty much stuck with wireless... - Ivan303 08:24:13 05/28/15 (2)

You could just get a reclocker - bullethead 08:38:31 05/28/15 (1)

IF I could convince them to sell me a 'blem' re-clocker... - Ivan303 12:49:46 06/01/15 (0)

RE: ivan - msa 06:43:05 05/28/15 (0)

Done... - Ivan303 09:40:53 05/27/15 (0)

RE: SONOS CONNECT is in the house... - bullethead 19:08:36 05/26/15 (0)

RE: SONOS CONNECT is in the house... - double28 07:27:44 05/26/15 (3)

What are you using as an external DAC? - Ivan303 08:56:31 05/26/15 (2)

RE: What are you using as an external DAC? - double28 09:06:51 05/26/15 (0)

RE: What are you using as an external DAC? - double28 09:05:48 05/26/15 (0)

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RE: "Have you compared an upgraded Sonos Connect to a standard Connect going through a first-class DAC?"... - Ivan303 07:28:01 05/27/15 (8)

ivan - bullethead 07:38:07 05/27/15 (7)

RE: ivan - msa 06:50:19 05/28/15 (4)

RE: ivan - bullethead 06:59:27 05/28/15 (3)

That said, I'm pretty much stuck with wireless... - Ivan303 08:24:13 05/28/15 (2)

You could just get a reclocker - bullethead 08:38:31 05/28/15 (1)

IF I could convince them to sell me a 'blem' re-clocker... - Ivan303 12:49:46 06/01/15 (0)

RE: ivan - msa 06:43:05 05/28/15 (0)

Done... - Ivan303 09:40:53 05/27/15 (0)

RE: "Have you compared an upgraded Sonos Connect to a standard Connect going through a first-class DAC?"...

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