To the extent that you may still be interested in exploring Dacs, I am using BelCanto2 for one Sonos unit and Apogee Minidacs for two other Sonos units. Had tried a Benchmark, but felt it was not better than the Apogee. I have to say that the Apogee, which is used in pro audio (like Benchmark and Lavry), is an outstanding dac and a great value (available for roughly $800 new at B&H Photo). I have not used them as outboard for my current CDP or DVP. I had a Pioneer DVP in my HT system, but swapped that out for a used Denon 3930ci modded by Dave Shultz at the Upgrade Company. I was about to buy a used Esoteric DV50, but took a risk here since other agoners said he can make any denon sound like a 5k cdp. Apparently he benchmarks his sound against higher Esoteric models (UX??). Mine is not even broken in yet but the SQ is amazing, detail, texture, wow! Just another avenue to explore. Cerrot, I'm in Seaford LI. Where are you?
DAC as an upgrade
My CD player (Denon cdrw1500) has both coaxial and optical digital output jacks.
I'm wondering if there are any issues to be concerned about with using this with a separate DAC unit rather than the Denons built in DAC.
I'm thinking that this would be a practical first step to explore the advantages of different DAC technologies with my player for now and then even provide the option to add a separate transport if needed later.
I am not very familiar with digital connector technology commonly used in audio equipment these days, so I am mainly concerned to know what DAC digital interfaces are compatible with the the Denon outputs and the differences if relevant so as to identify a DAC that will work OK.
Thanks.
I'm wondering if there are any issues to be concerned about with using this with a separate DAC unit rather than the Denons built in DAC.
I'm thinking that this would be a practical first step to explore the advantages of different DAC technologies with my player for now and then even provide the option to add a separate transport if needed later.
I am not very familiar with digital connector technology commonly used in audio equipment these days, so I am mainly concerned to know what DAC digital interfaces are compatible with the the Denon outputs and the differences if relevant so as to identify a DAC that will work OK.
Thanks.