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Good economical used DAC to hunt down

   I want to upgrade from USB DAC to stand alone ones for a few hundred $ - which older DAC should I hunt down on used market?

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nordicnorm
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Need a few more details. What is the rest of your system e.g. what will it be feeding? headphones or speakers?  Which brand/model?

Are you listening to MP3's or hi-res? If hi-res, how hi? 96/24? 192/32? DSD? 


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tonykay
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Benchmark DAC1. I see them on eBay and Craigslist for a few hundred dollars because they have been superseded by newer Benchmark DAC models. You'll be glad you did.
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georgehifi
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gonglee3
I want to upgrade from USB DAC to stand alone ones for a few hundred $ - which older DAC should I hunt down on used market?


Go for a good use R2R Theta Audio dac (Mike Moffat designed most of them) and now owns Schiit Audio which has some good new R2R dacs also.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings?q=Theta

https://www.schiit.com/guides/choosing-a-dac

Cheers George
mesch
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Are saying that you no longer need USB? If so watch for used Bryston BDA-1 ($2000 new, 6-700 used), or PS audio DIgital link III ($1000 new, 2-300 used). Both very well made DACs , USB is weak input on both, not asynchronous. I have owned both.




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