At what point is an external D/A converter warranted or beneficial
I think that handling your power well and a new DAC are what you need. I'm not sure how the MC 12 does with analog. Here is my current thinking and experience on AC management: https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html Best, E |
gillatgh OP Over a CDP, one good reason it becomes warranted is "if" the dac has clock output and the transport has clock input, so then the dacs clock can be slaved to the transport, so both run off the one clock through an extra bnc coax or even toslink lead. As it’s always better to have one clock for both, that way transport and dac are in sync with each other, just like stand alone CDP’s are, as their transport section is running off the same single clock as the dac section. Quite a number of transport, dac separates have this, usually reserved for flagship models. Arcam had a toslink one they called sync lock out and in, with the front button called Pro, on their top dac the Black Box 500 the transport was the Delta 250 DCS have it, MSB have it, Esoteric have it ect ect. Cheers George |
@firstnot I remember doing the copy CD’s to VHS thing back in the day when I had one on my rack, (still own but in the storage room) a Sony SLV-595HF. It actually did a fine job but lost interest real quick when trying to find certain tracks. Did the index thing with counter where every song was but no thanks. My Sony still has the remote and has detachable PC. A true Audiophile piece here. I’d sell it but I still have that big box of “Movies”. Seriously, it’s not for sale. |
