OP, if you bought a piece of Chinese gear -- but used, from a fellow American -- you would be helping out someone in your country without adding profit to any companies you don't support. Maybe that would help find the right gear without some of the ethical costs you're concerned with? Just a thought.
DAC's Made in the USA
I am shopping for my very first dac and the sheer number of product available is bewildering.Unlike many members, I have never owned an outboard dac for a 2 channel system, my budget is extremely limited and my technical knowledge of the product is low.
Further I am committed to purchase a dac made in the USA, or at least a friendly democratic country.
You can see by my equipment list that I have nothing of any great quality or renown and much of this inventory is likely to be sold to partially pay for the dac.
I am 80 years old, wear hearing aids and I am pretty satisfied with the sounds I presently hear and really wonder if I can enhance the sound quality of my CD collection (Jazz, blues and classical).
Would appreciate it if I can get some real help, i.e., people who have actually used their recommendation/not read about it. Also please remember my spending limitation, more is impossible.
Many thanks
New (not used)
Made in the USA
Ideally less than $1500
Headphone jack is not necessary
Two channel analog output
Optical and digital coaxial input
Accuphase E-202,
Adcom GFA 555,
McCormack TLC-1,
Pioneer SA-9500II,
McIntosh MA-6100
Sony DVP S9000ES (DVD, CD, SACD),ADS 910,Klipsch Forte II
Further I am committed to purchase a dac made in the USA, or at least a friendly democratic country.
You can see by my equipment list that I have nothing of any great quality or renown and much of this inventory is likely to be sold to partially pay for the dac.
I am 80 years old, wear hearing aids and I am pretty satisfied with the sounds I presently hear and really wonder if I can enhance the sound quality of my CD collection (Jazz, blues and classical).
Would appreciate it if I can get some real help, i.e., people who have actually used their recommendation/not read about it. Also please remember my spending limitation, more is impossible.
Many thanks
New (not used)
Made in the USA
Ideally less than $1500
Headphone jack is not necessary
Two channel analog output
Optical and digital coaxial input
Accuphase E-202,
Adcom GFA 555,
McCormack TLC-1,
Pioneer SA-9500II,
McIntosh MA-6100
Sony DVP S9000ES (DVD, CD, SACD),ADS 910,Klipsch Forte II
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This is what many may regard as an off-the-way suggestion. But here it is, anyway: you might consider selling the Sony universal player and buying a used (only because they no longer exist new) Oppo 105 universal disk player. This player has excellent high-res DACs built in for the disks, and also has built in inputs for both Tidal and Pandora (streaming). But the real reason I would recommend it would be that if you added a low-cost internet "tuner" (which the Oppo would take into its own DACs) you could also take advantage of the numbers of internet radio stations playing jazz and blues music .... thus creating some new experiences in your arena of preference. The "swap cost" and the internet tuner could probably fit your budget. BTW, I'm also 80yr old, enjoy the same music, and have a similar Oppo setup, except that I don't yet have (or really need) the internet radio because the local NPR station (WFCR, Amherst, MA) is already has some of the best jazz programming in the nation at night between 8:00 and 11:00pm plus a wide array of jazz podcasts. As I said, off the wall ..... but I hope perhaps of value. |
A tad bit above your price range, but If you do nothing more than read the overview... it’s worth it. https://www.decware.com/newsite/ZDSD.html |
Let me get this straight, you actually contacted the guy who distributes Denafrips products in Singapore to ask weather the Chinese Communist Party had a stake in Denafrips? ...and he actually replied, assuring you that it didn't? |
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