Mark Levinson has a very good Precision Link dac in their integrated amps.
The Technics SL-G700MkII and SU-R1000. Some purists seem to hate them because how can a company like Technics make something so good that it negates separates, ruining their audiophile fantasies? All you need to do is hook up a source. Techincs just makes mid-fi stuff, amirite? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0iM7mwEC98&t=4s All the best, |
we are a hegel dealer the dac in the new h600 is significantly better them the 390
the h600 is a through redesign of the h590 and both the amplifier and dac stages have been improved upon. The dac in the 600 is only bettered by a 16k bricasti m1 se series 2 or 14k chord dave yes the dac is that good! and the amplifier is equally impressive.
Dave and Troy audio intellect NJ Hegel Bricasti and Chord dealers
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I’d take a look at the Hegel H390. Here’s a review where they found its internal DAC compared favorably to Hegel’s $4800 HD30 standalone DAC, which I thought was pretty impressive. Just another option FWIW. |
Most McIntosh Integrated amps have the DAC2 board in them and its quite good. Multiple DAC inputs and It also allows for TV integration via HDMI ARC connection. you also get the McIntosh looks if that's your thing but mostly the sound and the very good resale value they hold their value better then anyone else, much better then the Rega resale will be. You can probably get more amp for your money as well specially if you get a lightly used one.
I have the DAC2 board in my mac preamp and it took an external DAC worth as much as the whole preamp to best it. |