Which DAC is better ?


Hello everyone. My system will be installed (finally) tomorrow. My question is which DAC should I tell them I want to go through? The one in the Marantz 8805 or the bluesound node 2i? Thanks!
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Showing 1 response by lalitk

This you need to hear for yourself. All it would take is switching inputs on 8805 once Bluesound is connected via digital coax and RCA IC’s.

My advise would be to seek a better outboard DAC, if you want to hear true potential of Node 2i and high resolution streaming from Tidal or Qobuz. If you are streaming from Spotify, don’t bother with external DAC as either of the internal DAC’s in Node and Marantz would do just fine.

If you’re interested in external DAC, read up on so many threads here discussing the recommendation on outboard DAC for Node 2i.