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Higher End DACs

I am looking for a DAC (potentially streamer&DAC) to be paired in a mcintosh system (c1100/611). Its my first foray into digital streaming and I have no need for a CD player.

I see a lot of love for Esoteric, however, most seems to be around their transports? Are they not as renowned for pure digital streaming and/or standalone DACs? I see DCS (for instance) often referenced for standalone DACs - how does Esoteric compare?
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erik_squires
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Hi @kren0006

What DAC are you using??
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thyname
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Please let’s not turn this thread in a MQA debate. The MQA proponents and detractors are strongly entrenched in their own respective bunkers, and such debates can only lead to flame wars
erik_squires
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Roon seriously exaggerates the CPU they need, so long as you aren’t resampling to DSD.

I use an AMD A 10 78xx and with several EQ functions engaged it barely gets to 4% CPU utilization. Even PCM upsampling is negligible.
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tomic601
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@thyname I agree !
david_ten
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Well said @thyname

Please let’s not turn this thread [into] a MQA debate.

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