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A separate dac and preamp or a good dac with pream
Hi Georgelofi,Was thinking what you meant when you said bit stripping. Did some reading and now fully understand. Thanks.Rockadanny has a point about individual components has its benefits, if I'm in the ultra end. Mine is a simple budget system, ... 
A separate dac and preamp or a good dac with pream
Thanks to all your feedback.I am using a reasonable sacd player, Marantz SA8005. My digital system now is, USB from computer to VLink 192 then to SA8005. The sound quality is not as good as playing the cd direct with the player. This is what start... 
Free $3K preamp to lucky listener who names it
I will submit "Pulse 1" as the name for the new amp. 
A separate dac and preamp or a good dac with pream
Thanks Douglas,Agree, in certain sectors, thanks for pointing out.However, for the average enthusiast like me on a budget, things don't look rosy as amplification are moving towards D or its hybrid, dacs are moving into higher resolutions and dsd,... 
SACD player that will read the SACD layer
I had my Marantz SA8005 for about 1.5 years now and it had never missed an scad disk. It's a slower worker, sometimes taking up to 10 seconds to recognize the sacd but had never missed it. 
A separate dac and preamp or a good dac with pream
Thanks Lokie.OK, looks like most people here in favour of keeping the dac as a separate. TEAC is coming up with the latest UD503 with the latest DSD capability etc. and this would give me some years to hold on, problem is, it's so new that there i... 
A separate dac and preamp or a good dac with pream
Thanks Rockadanny and Hgeifman. The problem is I'm staying in a very remote area and there are no shops here. It's 175Km to the nearest hifi shop and also there is no such thing as "home audition". The people here does not understand it.I bought a... 
What is the best usb convertor
Hi, the V-Link 192 is still readily available on Amazon for less than a hundred bucks. It's a cheap and fantastic solution.