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Placement of DAC

 I am considering trying an outboard DAC as a possible upgrade . Due to logistics ( i.e. the size of my rack) I would probably have to place the dac on top of my cd player. Any downside to this? CD player does not get warm, not worried about heat. Also, what is the current preference re: simple interface between the two:  coax or fibre-optic?  Thanks in advance for any help.
winoguy17
mesch
3,510 posts
 
I would see no problem with doing so. Regarding connection, the general recommendation when the option is available is to use coax over toslink unless you have problem with EMI or RFI. Another general recommendation is to use a coax length of less than 8” or more than 1.5 meter.  The latter is easier to find.

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jond
5,847 posts
 
It also wouldn't hurt to put some isolation between the DAC and CD player something squishy like a vibrapod perhaps. And definitely coax.
mesch
3,510 posts
 
I should have added that I have my Disc player on top of my Bryston DAC, and use the vibrapods as jbond suggested.

czarivey
5,946 posts
 
if neither component uses tubes than you're fine otherwise put tubed component on top.
no tubes - no problem as usual :-)
winoguy17 OP
1,127 posts
 
 Thank you folks. Appreciate the input.
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