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Wyred 4 Sound Dac1 vs. Dac2

Reading lots of favorable reviews. Not seeing much on the Dac 1.

Reading advertisements, seems the big difference as far as features is remote. has anybody compared the sound? is there an appreciable, if any difference?

Thanks in advance. Thinking of using to start a PC-based music server and wondering if I really need to spend the extra $500.
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2bgeorge
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According to Rick and E.J. the sound is the same.
The difference being the "2" will play high res files and has a remote, as you mentioned.
Sweet DAC!
chazzbo
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Like to follow this myself.Walter is pretty straight shooter.I asked him briefly (he was at show and had limited time) about this verus the PS unit he sells for much more and he was pretty sold the $$$ value of Wyred but if you needed some of features PS had (major differences).I asked because he a really good deal on PS.If I go SS a Wyred stack seems form all reviews to have a real value (though with amps Walter admitted highs werea bit soft).But I would like to read if anybody had A/B'd them myself.
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2bgeorge's response was not entirely accurate. The w4s DAC1 can play high res files, but the USB, and USB only, is limited to 24/96 (and is not asynchronous USB interface, which the DAC2 has).
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