Good evening,interested in moving to a DAC


my trusted denon 1800r has died,looking to step-up to dac and transport,any pros and cons to this,have a budget of 1500.oo if this helps,any body out there,have any suggestions,please advise,thanks robin
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If you MUST be at or under budget......a CD840c will fill the bill. 2 channels of input and balanced out.

DISCLAIMER. I'll be selling mine soon for reasons that have nothing to do with the player or quality of playback.

Computer files and an external DAC also make compelling sense.

To add to Al's list....both Rega and Naim make integrated players in this category.
how does a tube output stage effect the equation?was looking at a sony 9100eswith mods by modwright,i believe they call them platinum signature truthmod,thanks to all who have answered my thread,thanks again robin a little more money,4300.00,would this be money well spent?
$4300 will get you a squeezebox touch and a $4k dac. you can build a dedicated squeezebox server for under $400 with more than enough storage for you entire collection ripped losslessly. good luck and enjoy whatever you decide to purchase.
My Audio note 2.1.x dac sounds wonderful and I feed an ipod through an Onkyo ND-S1 (takes off digital sound from an iPod/iTouch like a Wadia 170i).

The new Ayon CD-01s CD player/Dac(which has a digital in) is reportedly one of the best CD players around and has a fantastic DAC inside of it). Reviewers have compared it to being equal to vinyl from a high end setup. You can easily feed a coaxial digital signal into it from an iDock like the Wadia 170i or from a Squeezebox touch.

Dealers seem to be willing to discount around 20%+ on the list price of an Ayon CD-01s, so a Ayon CD-1s can be had for around $3,500 or a little less.

However, in my system, the iTouch through an iDock which takes digital (my Onkyo ND-S1 idock) sounded better than the Sqeezebox to me which sounded a little compressed and lost a little soundstage and seperation of instruments(although close).

By the way, the Onkyo ND-S1 is not sold in the US market but can be purchased from a seller from Japan on ebay. It is about half price of the Wadia 170i and sounds every bit as good to me. The power supply is a switching one so, it works just fine in our sockets and with our 110-120V 60hz current.