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What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days?

Hi, Gang,
I am currently running my Music Hall CD 25.2 CD player as a transport through my Musical Fidelity M1 DAC. I also have the Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 for playing hi-res files from the USB port on my laptop.
DAC's are such a fast-moving market segment that I started to wonder whether there was a "stupid good" DAC, even better than the MF M1 DAC, that could be had for well under $1000.
I started a thread in the Amps/Preamps forum called "What's The Greatest Bargain in SET These Days" that yielded tons of great info. I hope this thread does, as well!
rebbi
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zephyr24069
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No schitt :-)

sorry, could not resist!!!
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davide256
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You need to go to computer audiophile site if you want more up to date suggestions. Agon is mostly populated by analog afficionado's who have not kept up with current DAC technology. Any DAC recommended that doesn't support asynch USB and DSD is obsolescent
rebbi OP
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Davide,
Interesting perspective. I'll check that out.
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b_limo
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lol, I was talking to someone about Schiit the other day. It's hard not to giggle when you are talking about their products, and there really isn't away around saying "Schiit" when referring to them.

I still think that the bifrost uber will be my next dac.

My last dac was the Parasound Z Dac. Great dac for $300 from music direct. The Z Dac has a very organic, natural musical sound in my opinion. It sounded more analog to me than the MF V Dac, MF M1, and Cambridge audio dacs.
devilboy
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You may be very surprised at how natural sounding the Metrum Octave is (around $1,200 new). Finding one on the used market would be an even greater treat. I've spoken with more than a few people who ditched they're more expensive dacs in favor of the Octave.
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