Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Ok. Markolino. For $30- amazon prime, I’ll bite. It’s ordered. Hopefully this miracle $30- DAC will help me wake up from the 30 years of useless audiophile wandering I’ve clearly experienced. I can’t wait for my eyes to be opened to this Behrenger miracle!!

Stay tuned.

@mattnshilp 

Since you've been tuning to less musical and totally "un-cap-able" with complex music passages, with your go to DACs, I'm very much looking forward to your impressions and findings. : )

uca202 (not the uca222 never heard it)!

The uca 220 is technically the same as the uca 202. The only difference is the colour of the case and some software.
Anyone who wants to do a listening test should realize that the uca 202 has a quite low ouput of 1.2V, compared to many DACs that comply with the cd red book standard of 2.0V (or more). A low output level is not a bad idea, given the high input sensitivity of many amplifiers, but in a direct comparison it will not be as loud. Since the brain interprets louder as better, the differential should be compensated (and very precisely) for the comparison to be meaningful.
I do want to repeat that I would never claim that this modest unit is as good as e.g. a Benchmark. It is, however, remarkably good for the price, much better than any laptop sound card, and excellent to upgrade a secundary system composed of  legacy gear.

i second you willemj, there is no miracle!
i just tried to give an example! a very good dac can cost 30$ and an excellent dac don’t need to cost 60k$
mattnshilp: maybe take a look at the Dangerous Convert 2
i’m use to hear music 8h/day so for me ultra resolving dacs don’t do it.
with the uca202 i don’t listen to my gear anymore!
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