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Oppo 105D as an external DAC?

Hello All,

I wanted the community's opinion on a possible DAC selection. I was originally thinking of an Ayre DAC for a pair of Vandersteen Quatro CTs OR Cressendo MKII when the time comes for that but I purchased a 103D for my home theater setup and was very impressed. I know the 105D has a substantially improved DAC and can be used with my laptop (music server) as an asynchronous DAC. I know the Ayre is a LOT more money and maybe not a fair comparison but at only $1.3K at this point could there be a better cost to benefit ratio with the Oppo? Not to mention it probably makes a great audiophile CD player as well (even more cost savings). OR would it be much better to wait for the Ayre DAC down the road???

What does everyone think-
xerotrace

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mgattmch
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I use an Oppo 105 to perform D/A conversion. I use a MacBook Air to store (and download to) HD Tracks FLAC files with Aurdirvana Plus. I could not be happier with the results; see my previous post on this subject:

forum.audiogon#Mgattmch

Admittedly my system has changed somewhat since I posted the above. But then again, what do you expect, I am after all using Audigon!
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