Best DAC for Sonos


I was thinking of purchasing either a: PS Audio Link iii, Benchmark DAC1, Cambridge DACMagic or Musical Fedility V-DAC. Does anyone have thoughts on what might be the best to go between my Sonos and Krell preamp? Are there others that might be better?

Thanks in advance.
slinker001

Showing 1 response by audioengr

You are not going to make a purse out of a sows ear. The Sonos has relatively high jitter compared to the other alternatives. The jitter of the digital source is #1 importance. No DAC is going to fix this, although some upsampler DACs may improve it a little.

I would recommend to either replace the Sonos with Logitech Touch, reclock the Sonos with a good reclocker or get the Sonos modded to improve the jitter.

Then think about a good DAC.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio