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On board or outboard DAC?

Folks,
I use an Ayre c-5xeMP universal disc player. My DAC is a Simaudio Moon 300D. The digital out on the player is AES/EBU while the DAC input is S/PDIF. My question is, would I see any benefit from using the 300D to convert to analog over the internal DAC on the Ayre. Obviously I would have to source a cable. I'm not sure it is worth the hassle. Can anyone share their thoughts? I use the balanced outputs from the 300D to my pre-amp.
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Falconquest, I also have the Ayre C5XEmp and have tried my Rega DAC and was about 10 seconds into a song and realized I was not going to do that. The I bought a Oppo 105d for use as a BluRay and 5.1 music. I have tried playing Redbook and 2Channel SACD and again, return to the Ayre. I realize the Simaudio is better than the Rega, but my thoughts are that the Ayre is very tough to beat. I would think a very expensive DAC would probably show improvement but then a risk of jitter may come into play as a new issue.

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