M-Dac v.s. Mac D100

Thanks Glenfihi,

I started out with and XDA-1 myself. I'll check out AudioAficionado. Thanks for the tip.

Should you go with the D-100 or any other DAC please post as to your view of the difference or improvement over the XDA-1. Would like to know if an upgrade is indeed worth it. Good hunting. Glen

I upgraded from XDA-1 to an Audiolabs M-DAC. BIg improvement in every way although this isn't an entirely fair comparison since I use a Hiface 2 USB to digital coax converter to up-sample to 192 to the M-DAC. The M-DAC is just so much more full and you feel closer to every instrument and voice. I spoke to a salesman at Magnolia AV that I bought my Macintosh gear and B&W's from and he's going to get a D-100 in soon. I'll be taking my M-DAC in for some A/B comparison testing when it comes in and I let you know what my ears decide.

Looking forward to it.

Okay... heard the equivalent of the D-100 the other day. Supposedly the same exact DAC that is in the D-100 is in the 5200 (I think that was the model). While I didn't have my MDAC for a direct A/B comparison the Mac D-100 sounded more full and the range was nice. The sales guy hooked up a MacBook to it and was able to get 32bit 192kHz out of it from the Apple core audio directly. Sounded very nice and I don't even think the files were uncompressed.

I will be selling my wonderful Audiiolab M-DAC for the Mcintosh D-100. It is a no brainer.