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DAC suggestion

Hi,
Am doing some system upgrades and thought I might take the opportunity to update my DAC as well. I have an old ADCOM GDA-700. I have a Marantz SA8260 SACD player but still use the adcom DAC for redbook because i think it sounds better than the SA8260..
Since I also have audio dvd, is there any DAC that can play redbook, SACD and AUDIO DVD? My audio DVDs sound terrible just piped from my pioneer into my pre-amp because my current DAC can not decode it.

I also have a huge amount of music on my computer (from my CDs), and an optical output, and for non-critical listening it would be nice to have a DAC that can accept it as well (USB or optical)

Thanks,
Terri
theresamarie1

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theresamarie1 OP
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Thanks again for the clarification. I'll look around. I have to admit my higher end audio bug comes and goes so I'm coming back from a lapse.
theresamarie1 OP
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I haven't paid much attention to what can/can't be done with bluray, but it doesn't surprise me.

On the oppo bdp-95, that's a DVD Player.. or maybe I should say multi-disc player. Surprised you guys on here think it'll be great musically. But given I know zero about it, I'll keep my eyes open for reviews..thanks!

My experience with DVD players is that I purchased a pioneer a few years ago, that played DVD-Audio and folks raved about it.. well it does play DVD-Audio but I found it very dry and small sounding. I can't really listen to it. It does make a great transport though and i can pipe the digital to my DAC for redbook and hdcd (dvd-audio doesn't seem to work).
theresamarie1 OP
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Thanks guys, I can't wait to see a review of the Rega. I'll look at the Matrix mini-i and VDAC as well

Terri
theresamarie1 OP
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After a bunch of research on all of the suggestions, I had the opportunity to get a really good deal on a PS Audio DAC and GCPH phono stage. I'll have them later this week..
In the meantime my SACD player came back from service with a new laser and I don't think it's ever sounded so good (sa8260 Marantz)!

Terri
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