Fruff: If you can't hear any difference, don't change anything. Save your money. But I will tell you this.
I had the Pioneer feeding an Adcom 600DAC for about 10yrs.
And yes, the combo was fantastic back in '96 or '97.
But I have upgraded the transport twice since then.
Now, I just have a $400 oppo with no external DAC.
That's right, I tried the oppo with the ADCOM DAC
and didn't like it, which really threw me.
So there you have it. I hope this helps
Jorge
I had the Pioneer feeding an Adcom 600DAC for about 10yrs.
And yes, the combo was fantastic back in '96 or '97.
But I have upgraded the transport twice since then.
Now, I just have a $400 oppo with no external DAC.
That's right, I tried the oppo with the ADCOM DAC
and didn't like it, which really threw me.
So there you have it. I hope this helps
Jorge