Interesting there seems to suddenly be a bunch of these high performing affordable dacs out there. Read a review of the Bel Canto dac on 6 moons that says Wadia sound at low fi costs or something like this and I guess this is the appeal. For less than $1,000 you add a cheap dac like this to an affordable player like my Planet and voila you have the sound of a $5,000 single box. Would be fun to see one of the magazines or soundstage do a shootout with 5 or 6 of the affordable dacs like Scott-nixon, dAck, and Channel Island.
Scott Nixon - Sarudac+? TubeDac+? vs CI Audio
I haven't seen much information about his Sarudac and was curious if anyone has had any experience with it.
And does anyone have any experience pairing any of these DACs with a NAD for a transport (I am considering the NAD 521BEE or 542)
External DACs are a bit of a mystery to me and I'm trying to resolve how much better these external DACs will be when coupling to CD players that have "better" DACs.
If anyone can provide a link or a better explanation (especially in regards to these value DACs) I'd appreciate it,
Thanks
Nathan Klassen
And does anyone have any experience pairing any of these DACs with a NAD for a transport (I am considering the NAD 521BEE or 542)
External DACs are a bit of a mystery to me and I'm trying to resolve how much better these external DACs will be when coupling to CD players that have "better" DACs.
If anyone can provide a link or a better explanation (especially in regards to these value DACs) I'd appreciate it,
Thanks
Nathan Klassen