Best DAC for SONY SCD XA5400es

The Sony can also output DSD over HDMI.  If you have a DAC that has an HDMI input, then you are getting DSD.  For that reason I recommend the Bryston DAC3.

And how does the Bryston BDA-3 compare to Benchmark DAC-3 sonically?

Hi,

Hello

i have a Sony XA5400es, excellent CD player ++++++

I also have Esoteric SA10 and Arcam CDS50

3 excellent CD players

but I don’t use external DAC

sorry for the bad english translated

greetings from Portugal

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What aspects of sound and DAC performance are most important to you, and what would you like in terms of improvements?

Basically trying to go with the times, the DAC section in the SONY has seen better times and is probably very outdated.  I can hear from my 802’s (with the help of Cardas clear cables) very analogous reproduction of red book cd’s that is sometimes tiring.  Perhaps more musicality without the loss of detail.  I mentioned Benchmark DAC3 B but it might sound analogous and boring too, I don’t know.