Thanks guys for your help. I've been cutting bait for about a month now on this issue. Reading the Gon Forums and Googling my heart out. I sent time speaking with Kevin from Upscale Audio yesterday about the AH! He covered alot of ground, answering my questions. I appreciated that. And also with a Tech Rep from Conrad Johnson about the DAC. The upshot from him was still a very good machine but a generation behind. So I think I'll be ordering the AH! and picking up a slightly older model carosel (I'm taking suggestions) as a transport to the DAC. And DH Labs D-75 cables. We'll see how it all turns out. Again, thanks. Dave
Tube CDP vs CDP/DAC Combo
Like many others on the Gon, I'm going back and forth on CDPs. I've narrowed my search to the AH! Njoe 4000, and the Cambrige Audio 640 as transport to a Conrad Johnson D/A3 DAC that I bought recently. Music Hall 100 and the Rotel 1072 round out the list. My preamp is a tubed CJ12L. Any observations on the AH! Can there be too much tube in a system? Conversely, given the age of the CJ DAC, would I be underutilizing the 640. Can't find much info on the DAC guts. But I thought that the 640 may be a good pairing with the DAC due to its extremely low jitter design. I guess the Music Hall could be paired with the DAC also. Same questions as 640. ANy insights would be appreciated. Dave