+1 On the Audio Mirror Tubadour MKIII SE DAC
For streamers, give Innous a look
For streamers, give Innous a look
Buying a DAC when you can't try it first
mid-fi-crisis Schiit Audio gives 10 days on their products the have some great dacs. https://www.schiit.com/products And their dacs are designed by Mike Moffat the man who made Theta Digital one of the best. If going the GUNGNIR model go the Multibit option. Cheers George |
Topping D10 to replace my Philips CD630 refrence Cd player did read only the testing bought it compared it an found it in the lows way more tight an precies. And it is no coincidence that this 79.- euro DAC had the same outcome in numoures independent test. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-topping-d10-da... https://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/dac/topping-d10-usb-dac-and-usb-spdif-converter-review/ |
I think the streamer element of the Chromecast Audio is amazing, but it needs to be run through software like Roon rather than casting to it. Casting to CCA is not so good. Remember they made these in their millions so the costs were stripped back through mass manufacturing. The DAC on the CCA is not so good sounding. So streaming with the CCA via say roon then via a good quality DAC would be the best way of spending your money. If you are keeping the blue sound then just buy a better DAC. I was in the same situation as you I found the improvement from CCA streamer to better streamer (using roon) a subtle improvement but the leap from an average to a good DAC a large improvement. |