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Best DAC for 27" iMac

Hello everyone! I have a question I'm sure somebody can answer for me.
I have a 27"iMac with my entire music collection on there. I have my speakers hooked up through my Sony DA4ES Receiver via interconnects and a Y-Splitter
I want to get the most out of my audio for music listening purposes. I know the next thing that will improve my audio the most is getting a DAC. I would like to know which DAC you guys would recommend me to use. I have a budget in mind of $800 or below. I would like the feedback of those who also have an iMac as well to see what their experiences are with a DAC. I'd like to thank everybody who reads this in advance and for their input.

Cheers,
Robin
mrrobinchen

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mrrobinchen OP
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I would like to thank everybody for their informative feedback. For now I will get the cable from mono price and I'll let you guys know how much difference in terms of SQ i notice.
Cheers and happy listening,
Robin
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mrrobinchen OP
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Thank you for your feedback Ballan. In the back of my iMac is the minitoslink connector the one that looks like the headphone jack? if so would this cable do the work?
http://www.amazon.com/6ft-Toslink-Mini-Cable/dp/B000FMXKC8
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mrrobinchen OP
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Classicjazz,
a lot of my music is in Flac and i have some in WAV but the majority of my music collection is in 320mp3. I am in the process of re-ripping my cds to wav to replace the existing lesser formats.
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mrrobinchen OP
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Will this toslink cable be good enough or should i invest in something with a better build quality?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10229&cs_id=1022902&p_id=1557&seq=1&format=2
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mrrobinchen OP
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Thanks again for everybody's input. I am now using the toslink cable to run digital out to my speakers but I noticed one significant change that I'm not sure if it is normal or not. My speakers now reproduce much more static on some files that I played earlier with the interconnect cables. The file i am playing is in 320mp3. When playing other files in Aiff format or Flac I dont hear the static that I'm hearing with this particular one in 320mp3. I have changed my Audio Midi Setup to 96000/24 from the default 48000/16 without noticing any changes. Anybody have any ideas? I was hoping to notice a much "cleaner" sound with the toslink upgrade.
Thanks in advance,
Robin
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