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New All in One or Just a DAC?

Well, I finally am getting somewhere on the "secondary" sytem. The Moscode 300 rebuilt by Steve Sank (http://stephensank.com) is absolutely incredible. (No malarkey - I'd put it up against ANYTHING!). The Audio Synthesis Passion V passive pre is even better than I hoped. My trusty Silverline SR-17s continue to delight. Now the problem: the cd source is a Marantz CD-67se. Not terrible, but no longer suffficient on it's own. I think I have a few choices: use the digital outs on the Marantz to a DAC with decent anti-jitter capabilities; lose the Marantz and replace with an all-in-one player device (ie YBA Complete?); or go the Stan Warren mod Aiwa/ similarly TBD modded DAC route. Cost is a factor - we want to keep it at $1000 or less, done deal. I do think 24/196 upsampling is probably a good idea, and reliability/build is important to me (I like tanks - I drive a tank, I live in a tank, my wife is a .....oops - ain't going there!). So speak to me, ye gods of audio wisdom - what do ye recommend? I currently lean towards finding a CAL Ikon MkII and looking for a MSB 1,2, or 3 for Dan Wright to make right for me, but I can be trained.

chas
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sean
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Sugar, not to change the subject but what DVD did you have Stan modify for you ? I am looking to do something very similar.

In terms of a secondary system, i would stick to the best "one box" that you can get or have modified. You might want to wait it out a bit and see what Sony does with the SACD / DVD players, as you might be able to pick one of these up for "peanuts" and then have IT modified for well under your price limit. I am already on the "waiting list" for one of these with a well known modifier. Sean
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