Ihcho,
No, I haven't heard of a ring DAC going bad, but I don't personally know a lot of people with that player.
"I wonder how many people would care about fixing a DAC when it goes wrong in a CD player".
Good point. I like the cd23 and alpha9 players well enough that I would certainly look into it if something went wrong.
Good luck on whichever your choice is.
Jim S.
No, I haven't heard of a ring DAC going bad, but I don't personally know a lot of people with that player.
"I wonder how many people would care about fixing a DAC when it goes wrong in a CD player".
Good point. I like the cd23 and alpha9 players well enough that I would certainly look into it if something went wrong.
Good luck on whichever your choice is.
Jim S.