monterey

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dac or sacd?
Thanks guys, i went and bought a benchmark DAC1. Can't wait til it arrives! 
what are some lossless bluray titles?
Ok maybe I said it wrong. It was in truehd they called it. 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
If i get a dac, will my yamaha be my bottle neck?? 
Can I use Cabasse with Kef center
Only one way to find out. It's always best to stick to the same brand of speaker, especially for the center and mains. 
Number of yrs. to reach the finished line?
This is funny, I just thought about this idea and then i ran across this thread. It took about 20 years for me. 
Should I bother to try a subwoofer?
You are absolutely missing out. When I added a sub to my system it was the most. Dramatic upgrade I did, especially for music but it has to be a good sub. The low end subs will destroy sound quality. 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
so the cd player connects to the DAC via a toslink and then the dac to the preamp(yamaha) via RCA? 
What time do you wear?
omega seamaster professional 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
So it would go from the Sony S7000 to the new DAC and then to the yamaha? 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
Wow I just did the A\B comparison with the digital dac thru the yamaha and analog thru the cd player and the difference was incredible. The yamaha is far superior. Now I don't know if I would be upgrading or downgrading if I buy a new cd player... 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
This is a painful purchase because I just counted how many CD players I already have in the house, NINE players! All I need is another one lol. 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
now that i realized that my yamaha dsp-a1 is doing all the DAC, will the rotel improve my system if I connect it via RCA? 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
Is this correct to assume. If i connect the cd player to my yamaha via RCA's, I am using the CD player to decode. If I connect the cd player via a toslink to the yamaha, I'm letting the yamaha decode?? 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
I think I'm understanding this now, so a better CD player would only be better if I let it decode the music and then run the music thru my yamaha thru the EXT DECODER as a by pass straight to my amp? 
can i improve my system with a better cd player?
OK now i'm really confused. I read about the digital to analog conversion. So how I do I tell which of my two machines is doing the converting? Is it the sony or the Yamaha? I connected the sony to the yamaha via a toslink cable. With this said, c...