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Does good DAC improve sonics of low end transport

I'm embarrased to admit that I am unable to live without the features and convenience of my Sony ES 400 megachanger. I have a Jolida 202a tube amp with level I mods and an AMC tube-driven DAC9, Aura speakers and prolfex interconnects and Clearpath cables.

My real question is whether or not a good DAC will substantially improve the sonics of my crappy transport or will I always be compromising the sound no matter what I do because my front end is so inferior to the rest of my system. Is it worth upgrading other parts of my system with the transport, namely the Sony Changer, that I have now?

I would appreciate brutal honesty and please do not hold back on your opinions. Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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jazzdude
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I have one of the Sony ES Jukebox's and an outboard dac along with some other stuff in between. It sounds very good to me. I don't doubt that I could enhance the sound of my system with a real transport. But I fail to see the point if I am not going to listen to it. Bottom line is that I am too lazy to spin CD's every hour and I am sure as heck not going to flip LP's every 20 minutes, I don't care how much better it sounds.

Try a good DAC and a Monarchy DIP Classic and if you don't like the sound of your jukebox then you can get a single disk transport.
jazzdude
332 posts
 
Audioengr - I would love to get the jukebox mod'd but in all my research I haven't found anyone who mods cd jukebox's.
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