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CAL Alpha DAC v AA DDE3.0

I was considering replacing my AA DDE 3.0 with the CAL Alpha dac to acquire a less 'digital' sound. I currently have an AA DTIPRO32 feeding the AA DDE via an I2S cable. Would the benefits of using the CAL Alpha dac outweigh the losses of not using the I2S cable (hooking up the DTI to the CAL Alpha with coax rather than I2S)? Or would this just negate most of the effect of the DTI because of the S/PDIF conversion necessary for the coax connection?

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The CAL Alpha is a great DAC, but with a non-CAL transport, you will find a substantial improvement over the Delta DAC.
I use a MicroMega T-drive transport with the Alpha DAC and the results are really excellent.
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