dac and streamer or seperates
Want to spend about 5k
System right now is a Krell S-300 love it!
B&W 804's love them too
Well treated medium sized room.
but I'm using the built in streamer and dac.
I would like to take my streaming to the next level.
At 5k would you go separate DAC and Separate Streamer or all in one?
Obvious advantages for separates is ability to individually upgrade. The PS audio streamer just came out for $2K and they have factory refurbished DACs (direct stream mkII for $3K If I was going all in one I would look at the Moon 280D If you really like the immersive arena look at a ROON setup. That will keep you busy. |
The Krell DAC is not that bad (ES9028PRO Sabre) $1K option correct? and I can only imagine they wouldn’t slack on the implementation, check it out here where they compare it to a comparable priced external. https://www.stereophile.com/content/krell-k-300i-integrated-amplifier-page-2
You might want to get a nice streamer and run it through there first. Then demo external DACS |
The Krell is ROON endpoint, a really cool feature. For about $1,200 you could get an SGC Sonic Transport i5 to host a ROON core, for a few more $$ doll it up with a LPS. Then for about $150 you subscribe to ROON for a Year. Totally fun few months ahead of you figuring out whether its something for you. If not you dump the SGC ST online and unsubscribe from ROON. Totally cheap way to find out of ROON with worth it. While you have ROON find a way to demo a streamer and run them head to head through the Krell. |
