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RE: New to DACs here...for better sound, get better CD player, AC for current player?

Thanks, yes, my Denon receiver does receive the DSD from the Oppo, and will display "DSD". I just have to set the Oppo to bitstream DSD. It's not that my current setup sounds bad. It's just that the system I heard sounded so much more like live instruments, especially high frequency sounds like cymbals, as well as the scale of the sound. Granted the system I heard was using Legacy Focus SE speakers, and around $60,000 of tube amplifiers and a $6,000 DAC.

And, yes, I'm ready to re-think my setup, although I only have the one room and I love movies with Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD Master Audio(which require HDMI to transmit) as well as both two-channel and multi-channel audio, so I need to figure out some way to have a combo system that does both well. I realize this will require compromises.

Currently, I'm auditioning and experimenting with the next step down from the Focus SE in the Legacy line, the Signature SE. The Signature SE is fantastic, but just does not have the visceral bass and pressure of the system I heard. I don't know what percent of that system's prowess is attributable simply to the larger size of the Focus SE, as opposed to the better quality of the associated components.

The dealer is big into tube amps and suggested I try out an integrated tube amp on the Signature SEs and see what I thought, and that I might be surprised how good the DAC in my Oppo actually is. So, I hooked it up and it is very impressive sound indeed, although I think I hear some "smearing" of the sound of complex piano passages. But it's not very compatible with achieving the combo HT/music outcome I am looking for.







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