Hi Cheeg, no I haven't used an external DAC with the CXU, infact I use it as a DAC for a Virgin Tivo box (HDMI) and my old MacBook (optical) for playing mainly ripped CD's and other files. It does this and plays SACD, DVD Audio and Blu-ray discs pretty darn well. I run it all out analogue bootlaced to a Cambridge CXR120 as I'm a multichannel advocate.
I'm planning on ripping all my discs to files when I can find a simple way of storing and playing it back out, audio and video content.
I'm keen to experience DSD and have some great DSF files ready to go but I'd rather do its right and I'm wary of these hybrid Dac's that claim to to do everything but make the tea. It seems to me that PCM and DSD are different enough to warrant separate DACs....
I'm planning on ripping all my discs to files when I can find a simple way of storing and playing it back out, audio and video content.
I'm keen to experience DSD and have some great DSF files ready to go but I'd rather do its right and I'm wary of these hybrid Dac's that claim to to do everything but make the tea. It seems to me that PCM and DSD are different enough to warrant separate DACs....