Everyone may tell you that the DAC they own does the trick, and that’s why they own it.
I will too. The $1500 L.K.S. (Chinese brand-ships everywhere). Do a search. It gives me the same pleasure as my very much more expensive analog TT set-up.
But just like a TT needs its arms cartridges, speed stabilizers, platform and so on, so a DAC needs to be fed a very good digital signal. And digital is just not only 1s and 0s.
Simply buying a good DAC and playing CDs may not do it for you. It needs to be thought out and worked on, just like analog. And routing it out through a tube preamp can help as well.
You can do it all or find someone at a good brick and mortar who can do it for you.
I will too. The $1500 L.K.S. (Chinese brand-ships everywhere). Do a search. It gives me the same pleasure as my very much more expensive analog TT set-up.
But just like a TT needs its arms cartridges, speed stabilizers, platform and so on, so a DAC needs to be fed a very good digital signal. And digital is just not only 1s and 0s.
Simply buying a good DAC and playing CDs may not do it for you. It needs to be thought out and worked on, just like analog. And routing it out through a tube preamp can help as well.
You can do it all or find someone at a good brick and mortar who can do it for you.