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Streaming with vintage DACs

Does anyone here stream with a vintage (ca. 1980s or 1990s) DAC? I've been considering them lately since they're mostly ladder DACs. However, I was informed today from a technician at a very well respected Amerian audio company that the receiver chips in them won't support a lot of streaming formats since they aren't PCM? I've been streaming for years, can't imagine how this is an issue
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ghdprentice
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All the DACs of that era to which I was exposed to sounded very, very poor in comparison to today’s DACs, at least at the mid to high end.
jl35
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though a few are very vocal about loving older DAC's,  I believe most do not...
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audiotroy
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That is nottrue most streams are pcm  it really also depends on the streamer you use

However most old davs are going to sound poor compared to a modern dac
soix
9,456 posts
 
There are several R2R ladder DACs out these days, so it’s not necessary to revive an old DAC unless you just want to. 
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