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Best Dac for a Shanling and squeezebox?

I've always been of the belief that it was better to spend more on a CD player than a separate Dac with an inferior player.
But with the advance of streamed hi res music I find myself wanting to invest in a Dac.

I have a modded Shanling CDT100 and have just bought a Logitech sqeezebox duet.They are running through a CAT SL1 preamp,Spectron power amp and Von Schweikert VR 4's.

As I havent a clue about current Dac performance what would you guys recommend that the Shanling and Squeezebox would run through. Budget up to $3000.
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audioengr
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If you are using the Squeezebox and an expensive DAC, this might not be a good marriage unless you put a reclocker in-between. Most DACs dont deal with jitter very well and you probably will not get better than CD performance from it without a reclocker.

Consider a DAC that includes async USB input instead, unless you have to use wireless or have a long distance to cover. A Mac mini running headless on your rack connected to the DAC by USB cable is a nice solution. You can use iPhone, Ipod Touch or iPad to control everything.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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