Audition the DAC(s) in your system before you purchase. You may be surprised at how little difference you hear. I don't know how old your Denon is, but many of today's CD players utilize excellent DACs. Do use a 75 Ohm digital coax cable (Stereovox XV2 is very good for the money). I would recommend including the PS Audio DL3 on your short list.
DAC as an upgrade
My CD player (Denon cdrw1500) has both coaxial and optical digital output jacks.
I'm wondering if there are any issues to be concerned about with using this with a separate DAC unit rather than the Denons built in DAC.
I'm thinking that this would be a practical first step to explore the advantages of different DAC technologies with my player for now and then even provide the option to add a separate transport if needed later.
I am not very familiar with digital connector technology commonly used in audio equipment these days, so I am mainly concerned to know what DAC digital interfaces are compatible with the the Denon outputs and the differences if relevant so as to identify a DAC that will work OK.
Thanks.
I'm wondering if there are any issues to be concerned about with using this with a separate DAC unit rather than the Denons built in DAC.
I'm thinking that this would be a practical first step to explore the advantages of different DAC technologies with my player for now and then even provide the option to add a separate transport if needed later.
I am not very familiar with digital connector technology commonly used in audio equipment these days, so I am mainly concerned to know what DAC digital interfaces are compatible with the the Denon outputs and the differences if relevant so as to identify a DAC that will work OK.
Thanks.
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