Oppo 105 and Hegel H160 DACs


'Sup?

I have my Oppo 105 feeding a Hegel 160 integrated - which I just got and am so far extremely happy with. However, does this combo render the Oppo's Sabre DAC meaningless? Am I hearing just the Hegel's DAC? And is there any way to by-pass the Hegel DAC by, say, running a digital cable from the Hegel to the Oppo to start a loop?

Should I look for a decent transport and move the Oppo to another system? I'm not really interested in getting a streamer or going that route at the moment.

Thank you in advance.
simao

Showing 1 response by rbstehno

Where do these guys come from that indicate that all dacs sound the same and you need to see specs that will tell you which dac will sound better?
you don’t need to see any test results to know what sounds better, you have 2 ears that will tell you which 1 you like better. Who gives a s$&$ if reviewer a or reviewer b said about this piece or that piece? This poster owns both pieces and it’s so easy to compare each dac. Just get a good/excellent digital cable that at least equals the quality of the xlr cables you are using (don’t use usb unless you have to), and all you have to do is switch inputs on the Hegel while playing music.