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I am looking for a DAC (potentially streamer&DAC) to be paired in a mcintosh system (c1100/611). Its my first foray into digital streaming and I have no need for a CD player.

I see a lot of love for Esoteric, however, most seems to be around their transports? Are they not as renowned for pure digital streaming and/or standalone DACs? I see DCS (for instance) often referenced for standalone DACs - how does Esoteric compare?
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griff500
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I am using an Auralic Aries G2 streamer and it works very well, has galvanic isolation on the output and a very good app. Auralic are good at providing updates to the app and firmware and I've known them to continue providing updates for discontinued products for some years.

This goes into a Chord M-Scaler and then on to a DAVE.

I am very pleased with this streamer/DAC setup.

I did try an Auralic Vega G2 all-in-one streamer/DAC and it was exceptionally good.
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