Looking for a Cheap DAC?


randy-11
I like the ifi micro idac2.  I don't think I paid a lot for it, and it will play DSD files natively.
I am going to get a new Oppo disc player and use the DAC in it for a while.


Why would you get disc player just to use its DAC? If you don't need a transport, for a relatively modest price you can get a Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus. I've been using one with my old CD player and its pretty decent. I just replaced the wall wart that came with the unit with a regulated linear DC power supply and it gave it a nice little boost in dynamics.  
I have a DACmagic Plus now. I hear there are better DACs out now, including the Oppo Sonica, which will also play CDs, SADs, and video.

less clutter; more SQ

Oppo Sonica doesn't have a transport when I last looked it up but most probably is a better DAC particularly for hi-rez files using USB or SACD sources. The dual Wolfson chip set up in the CA unit is supposedly decent for PCM format files. No personal experience with Oppo, just heresay.