Innuous Zen MK3, right at your budget and will rip any possible CD’s to its 1TB hard drive. Very well reviewed and seen at many audio shows.
happy hunting.
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A. Dump the 2. Buy the new 2i. Net cost = + $300. Reviews are out- read them. B. Buy the Line Magnetic DAC $2,300 if you can get one. If the wait is too long then buy a Black Ice DAC $800. The way this technology is advancing I would strongly consider going cheap ($800) knowing 2 years = new ballgame C. Change to Amazon HiRez Streaming. $13/month. Merry Christmas! |
How about this... https://www.magnahifi.com/en/webshop/product/mano-ultra I have one of these using Volumio to control it with the Quobuz plugin. It only has Coax out for general use, but it also has I2S via HDMI to connect to an Audio-Gd DAC, I have the R2R7, but the 8 is almost as good and a lot cheaper. You get the lot for around £3K. |
I am using Auralic Femto from 2 years. Great streamer with external linear PSU. They just redesigned the Lightening DS app past week and it is super fast now. But before you invest in streamer... buy good USB cable like Tellurium Diamond. I found it has one of the greatest impacts to streamer or PC application. I switched from 100$ Wireworld (Red) and it was WOW, the exclamation was never so obvious in case of streamer upgrade. Then invest in DAC. Having both look for better streamer. But focus on usage comfort rather than quality improvement. This technology is still under development. |