@gosta-
Depends on your golden ears. Takes a lot of experience.eh?
Are DAC's overpriced?
External DAC's are pretty expensive imho... BUT I don't know that much on how to choose one. I want mostly cd's in my small two channel system... I am rebuilding after selling my Logans and Mac amp to go back to "drivers"! The Logans wore me out with Maintenance. Should I buy a new cd player or get a new DAC for my old player?
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I recently purchased a Denafrips Pontus R2R external DAC that I'm very pleased with. A bargain, I feel, at about $1800 US Dollars. My thoughts are posted on their website: https://www.denafrips.com/single-post/2018/12/10/Pontus-DAC-New-York There's also a more in-depth Positive Feedback review at: https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/denafrips-pontus-dac/ Cheers - Michael |
The Crane Song Solaris got a recommendation from a review site. I never heard of it until recently. http://www.cranesong.com/SOLARIS.html It retails for around $2K and is used in many studios and is suitable for home use. Check out the Jitter Page where you can download jitter loaded files and test whether you can hear what it does to music. I didn't, but for those who are adventurous enough, it can add to the debate whether jitter can influence sound as we hear it and not just reside in the noise floor. All the best, Nonoise |
So, amps are behind DAC’s... D/A conversion technology has outpaced the development of new power amplifiers. This means that the power amplifier has become a limiting factor in many audio systems. For example, the noise and distortion produced by the Benchmark DAC3 D/A converter is 20 to 30 dB lower than that produced by most high-quality power amplifiers. Until now, this meant that the DAC3 could not be fully appreciated. Benchmark set out to solve this problem by creating an amplifier that matches the performance of the DAC3. |
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