An antiquated DAC or an affordable recent one?


An inexpensive digital to analog converter is next on the purchase list. Should I opt for something new, (such as a Musical Fidelity V-Dac or Cambridge Audio Dac-Magic) or retro (like a Theta Chroma 396, Ps Audio Superlink or Adcom 600)? It is now, sadly, only listening via Sennheiser Hd 580 and Creek OBH-11, with a cheap Cd player. Rock and pop are the musical tastes.
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IMO you should go with a new UPsampling dac like the Dacmagic or the V-Dac.They will turn a cheap transport into a redbook player that will compete with the others out there below $2000.00 anyway.Read Stereophile two monbths back they did a review of the V-Dac and the Dacmagic. I have never heard anything that comes close to my Dacmagic and Musical concepts transport.No I have never heard any players over $3000.00 so I cannot say about them.
Here's my little bit. I have an older Micromega DAC 1 and installed the Burson Audio opamps. Totally changed the sound and very pleasantly surprised.
Sorry, was too quick to post. So, another option is to take an older DAC and mod it.