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New DAC for Sony SCD-777ES SACD player.?

I still love my Richard Kern modified Sony SACD player. In my ears better than Oppo UDP-205 that I bought to replace it with.  It is now almost 20 years since these came out.
Like many of these units, the SACD laser is not working as well. But CD is still flawless.
How about buying a DAC for Redbook?

Would a Schiit, Benchmark, Mytek, iFi, or Ayre make a real difference.

 

(The musical experience from my analog turntable set up is still much superior.)

Thank you.
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mahler123
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I had a 777, replaced it with an Oppo 105, and then with a few DACs.  Each step an improvement.  However, since you thumbs downed the Oppo 205, who knows what you would think?  Order a DAC with a return policy and experiment away!

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roxy54
7,954 posts
 
No surprise that the 777 was better than the oppo!
tweak1
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I have a 105 that I DIYed via PNP a new LPM and IEC Furutech rhodium with pure silver tails to the LPM board and ground (both from Ebay) a couple years ago now. No issues, BUT, I stumbled across the Technics SL G700 SACD and streamer that has incredible attention to detail.

I started a thread for input


MSRP $3000. I am anxious to compare, but $3000 is a bit out of reach right now
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jun_zhang
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SCD-777ES is one of the best CD tunable ever. Use digital cable out to a  good modern  DAC would be the super I have both 777ES and 9000ES. They are old machine but CD driver are the best. 
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1stump
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I have the Sony SCD-1 SACD/CD player with full Vacuum State Electronics mods + Uber Clock! Havet looked into adding a DAC? Will it work??
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