Perhaps yes, perhaps no. You see when you separate transport and dac you introduce "jitter". You also introduce a number of other issues, like; power cords, additional shelving, proper isolation, cabling. Any one of these can take an otherwise great upgrade and render it blah. If you got a good Miles (apparently there are unit to unit sonic differences), look at upgrading elsewhere first, as you've done well.
To DAC or not to DAC
I just purchased a relly nice Theta Miles CD Player to replace a Marantz 6000 OSE with a MSB Link DAC w/ Upsample chip. I love the Theta and the clarity and depth are much improved, not to mention the incredible build quality.
However, I wonder if it would make sense to use the MSB DAC with the Miles? I know the internal DAC in the Theta is great, but I wonder if it would improve or ruin the sound by incorporating the MSB DAC. If I understand correctly, by using the digital out on the Theta, I would be by-passing the excellent onboard DAC in the Miles....is this correct? If this is correct, I'm not real excited to turn this excellent player into a simple transport.
Please let me know what your thoughts are on this matter.
By the way the Miles unit is the balanced version.
Thanks for your input.
However, I wonder if it would make sense to use the MSB DAC with the Miles? I know the internal DAC in the Theta is great, but I wonder if it would improve or ruin the sound by incorporating the MSB DAC. If I understand correctly, by using the digital out on the Theta, I would be by-passing the excellent onboard DAC in the Miles....is this correct? If this is correct, I'm not real excited to turn this excellent player into a simple transport.
Please let me know what your thoughts are on this matter.
By the way the Miles unit is the balanced version.
Thanks for your input.
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