DAC Questions

I would definitely rip your cds. The sound quality will be subjectively better and you are not tied to the internet or cell signal. Probably most of the music you listen to you already own, at least for me. It’s always great to find new artists though. 

I’ve only ever owned delta sigma dacs in the past in the 1-1.5k range. Had basically given up on digital and recently started “trying” to get into vinyl. Not that the digital sounded bad just kind of flat. Cymbals and highs never seemed quite natural. Been running a Musician Aquarius for 4 days now and this thing is an absolute cracker of a dac! Not looking for one just happened in a trade for some speakers I was offloading. Total system changer, never would have thought a dac could do that. 

Thanks Soix,

Looking at those units it appears it’s usb input not a spdif input? Can you order that as an option? I believe I only have optical and Spdif out of my transport. 

Wow little pricey. Will definitely look into them though. Thanks! 

Is there a technical reason i2s should sound better? Just wondering. 

Hmm food for thought. Thanks I will look into it. Interested for sure.