Shanling CDT 100 - considering adding a DAC

For a while I ran my T100 with an Apogee DA-1000E-20. To my ears it was a considerable improvement in terms of immediacy, liveliness, speed and detail.

(Of course that begged the question of the transport's contribution to the sound. I discovered this was a big one when later I substituted a dedicated transport for the T100. And then there's the digital interconnect to consider... !)

The DA-1000E is pro recording gear and fairly rare on AudiogoN. You may not find much about it on audiophile sites, but there is a little. As it happens, there is a DA-1000E up for sale here right now.

Thanks for the info. I do have a Denon 3910, that may pair well with a DAC and perhaps better than with the Shanling. I am wanting a noticible improvement right now, but don't want to dish out $5K for a DAC and transport if I can get away with it. AND.. the Shanling just looks too cool not to try and squeeze every bit of sound I can get out of it!

I am not too well read on the technicals, but as I understand it, a reclocking DAC should be less sensitive to the transport than one that relies on the transport's clock. Now, I know there is also much talk about asyncronus vs. syncronus reclockers, and I am completely clueless there, but hopefully, somebody more knowledgable than I will post here. IIRC, PS Audio's latest $1K DAC reclocks, as does the well regarded Lavry ~$1K DAC. In fact, you could sell the Shanling for the price of a decent DAC for your 3910, I think.