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Looking for a DAC for the Squeezebox Touch

I'm new to digital since buying a Squeezebox Touch a few months ago. The Touch is connected to an external USB hard drive that contains cd ripped Flac files. I'm looking to buy a DAC for around $1k from the SB Touch and connect it to my Sim I-7. I'm considering the Moon 100D and the Wyred4sound Dac1 based on some reviews and comments in various forums. I might consider increasing my budget to possibly the 300D and Dac2 if it would make a substantial difference.
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singleendedsingle
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Wait for the upcoming Burson dac for under 1k i think.
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cerrot
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Ronrags, it all depends on what kind of gear you have, how revealing, etc. You should experience a tad more in dynamics and more of a 3d sound holographic soundstage. You really need a good dac to get the sound out of a touch. I reclock and upsample as well and the touch can really sing. Stick some 96k 24 bit music on a usb stick in the touch and put it through a good dac. Wow! I'm hearing differences from sacd that I like alot.
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ozzy
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Also, using an ethernet cable to the Touch is a pretty good upgrade from using the Touch wirelessly.
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2bgeorge
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Ronrags

Expect about 200 hours before it is fully broken in.
Enjoy...
singleendedsingle
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The manual on the W4S says it takes 100-200 hours. You can hear some improvements after the 100 hours.
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