Hey all. This is what the HiFi shop is trying to sell me... a DAC for a couple thousand $$ and I was trying to avoid investing any more cash into my system, but i pay for YouTube Premium so it is commercial free and I listen all day and night to music there these days. And I want to be able to listen to all that available music thru my high end system. Thanks for any and all advise my friends :) |
Also, my IMac is about 10 years old but it is still humming along so I have not replaced it with a newer model. But I do have a new 7th gen IPad I just bought about a year ago. |
I will definitely do that :) |
But I think i will need a long USB cord to the DAC as my system is 10-15 feet from my computer. Where do you recommend i buy a long cord like this from... and which one do you recommend? |
Maybe I just need to call SCHITT and ask them for the cable I need to order and ask them where to get it from
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Hey reubent... It looks like qubuz might be the best choice for me at $14.99/month. What do YOU think?? |
Cool. Thanks reubent. I will follow your advise and order direct from Schitt. Pluse I see that this is a California company and made in California (and I live in SF so this is great). Do I need any of these other products? I just need a DAC huh? I see they have different DACs I do not currently have a turntable and my headphones are a $350 wireless model from BOSE. I forget the model (35?) and I am currently spending time away from home in a rehab group home for a few more weeks. So what do you think? I’m also not sure what type of interconnects I have but they just have the 1 metal plug that plugs in and are not the type with 3 metal plugs. From the photos it looks like this is the same type as my C-J amps so I think i am good. Thanks buddy :) |
Thank you so much for your educated advice. I really appreciate it. You saved me lots of money. You da man!! |
Hey dekay. It says is has one. Did you look at the photo of thr rear of the MODI3 DAC? What kind of cable will I need?
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I know I have RCA connections on my C-J amps
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Thanks so much reubent. Which one would you suggest for my case and where would you suggest I buy it? I have a C-J Premier 17 preamp and C-J 2250A power amp, the smallest Focal Be “bookshelf” type speakers, plus great interconnects and speaker cables. My Magnum Dynalab tuner and Sim Audio CD player are kinda useless at this point, so I just want to play YouTube music thru my quality amps and speakers from here on out. My hundreds of CD’s are also useless and unnecessary at this point cause all this music is now available on YouTube and my CD player is not working. I really appreciate your help and will gladly follow your advice. Thanks :) |
Oh I see what you mean. The connection on the IMac is a USB connection but I’m not sure what that plug in slot is called on the back of the DAC |
Yes thank you reubent. You are so helpful!, |
I sent an email to SCHITT. Their website is funny in the way they talk about their products... “A piece of SCHITT”. “On the SCHITTR” Etc. They seem like a fun group there at SCHITT. |
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WOW I’m dizzy from just reading your post as I don’t understand the lingo ;) But I do appreciate your attempt to assist me. How about the NAD DAC2? Would that be a possibly better alternative for me to stream YouTube music thru my C-J amps and Focal Micro Utopia Be speakers? Does anyone have experience or an opinion on that NAD DAC2?? Thanks buddies :) |
Gotcha. As always, thanks for your advise. I think I will sign up for qobuz when I get back to SF in a couple of weeks. In the meantime I will keep researching DAC’s to determine which would be the best for my room and my setup. Cheers! |
I always add714 to my name. It’s a reference to the original Quaaludes and I used to enjoy those as often as possible back in the day :) |
Hi jb1. Thanks for the ideas. But I have Bose wireless headphones. I’m looking at either the MODI3 DAC or the NAD DAC2. What do you think/recommend? My amps and audio rack are about 15 feet from my IMac computer. Thanks for your advice. Gordon |
Hey reubent~ Yes it’s Gordon. Douglas is my middle name and what most people call me at work. (It’s a long story ;)
Cool and helpful info as usual. I already pay for YouTube Premium so that’s why I use that for my music. But I’m gonna check out Spotify. Or which one would you recommend for me? Which one would be best for my setup using the MODI3? |
@reubent Hey I did exactly what you recommended and added a BlueSound Node 2i and chose Qobuz for hi-rez music, plus I added the REL T/5i sub to my Focal Micro Utopia Be speakers and voila... I am back in the game and I could not be happier with the results. Now instead of 150 CDs I have tens of thousands to choose from. Thank you, thank you, thank you !!!
Gordon |
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PS. I dropped the YouTube Premium. Qobuz gives me everything I need. Thanks again :) |
@reubent Thanks brother. I am happy as a clam now thanks to you and all the other great members of our little club here :))) |
