given the inherent subjectivity of "sound quality", it's virtually impossible to tell if you're rig will sound better with a separate dac--you have to audition and decide. both your denon and your helios have high quality dacs;i haven't heard the helios, but the denon sounds damn good to me. one possible route would be to get an upsampling dac (like the dacmagic or belcanto)and see if you hear any improvement (i'm not sure your existing players do true 24/192 conversion/upsampling). it all comes down to your listening preference.
DAC benefit compared to denon3930
Is any benefits in sound quality if I use separate DAC(up to $600) in my sistem.Right now I'm using Denon 3930 and Helios x5000 cd players.Denon cd player using Burr-Brown dac convertor and Helios x5000 use Wolfson Wm8728 dac and Burr-Brown Opa2134ua chip.Also I'm using Jolida tube integrated amp im my system.thank you
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