In Reply to: Why should one buy a DAC? posted by troutbum on June 12, 2012 at 13:49:03:
If you're listening to CD's you have a DAC. CD players have one inside, you may want a BETTER DAC and "can" purchase a stand alone DAC that is better than what's in the CDP. Then sell from as low as under $100 to many thousands. If you have a lower quality player you can also by a better quality transport to use with the DAC. A DAC can or may be able to accept other digital sources besides a transport such as a PC/Mac, music server, Squeezebox and so on. Like anything else in this hobby the choices are many with varying quality and price.
In helping to meet your needs things like what is your system and what are you willing to spend and then expect in return for those $$ are the key to moving forward once you understand what a DAC can do.
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