Please Help with DAC...

Look for a used MSB link DAC, they can be had for under $150. If it doesn't do it for you, just sell it for no loss.

KP

I"ll second Killerpiglet's suggestion. I believe there's a MSB Link Dac II for sale now.

Hey, I would upgrade the player unless you can get a really good DAC, I have a McIntosh MDA1000 that is out of this world but they are 5-6k used. You can get a nice player for around 2k. Good luck

It all depends on the DAC. Better or differnt what you will hear. Again, you will need a good digital cable ($150 for say an Audience or Acoustic Zen MC-2 used) and these are good cables for the money. Better cables cost more! IMO the digital cable is more important then the transport to some degree.

Good advice as stated above is to buy used for a good price and resell if you don't hear what you like. If you mod the player you most likely won't get your money back.

Happy Listening.

Chadnliz, The Dakiom tweak is excellent when used in modest cost CD playback systems, which is how I use them. Others have used in very high end applications, too. There are many favorable comments on the website from Audiogon members, myself included.
Dakiom promotes a much more realistic, non-fatiguing sound, and allows a musical, three dimensional, quality to replace the less engaging sound in my unpretentious systems.
Also, as mentioned above, Ric Schultz at EVS is a great designer-modifier, but his truly amazing results will cost more. His older Millennium DAC's are still classics.
Don't forget to use a good quality digital interconnect if you go the MSB Link DAC upgrade route.