Fair comparison? DA Conver vs HighEndCD


As I am making up my mind about my last CD player upgrade, I wonder if some of you gentlemen had any suggestions in what would be the better match, either buying a entire CDP or spending the bulk of the money in a separate DAC? I was pondering upon a Music Fidelity model at around 1k, the Rotel 991 at around $1295, a Classe .3-.5 (1.5k-2k)or even a Electrocompaniet Ec-1(3-4k) VS the DAC-1 ($1295) by BEL CANTO. I was thinking about using a DVD transport I have and tweek it with the DAC-1, what is better? Does anyone have experience with a set like the DAC-1 with a DVD player, and yes, I read the review in Soundstage, but I would like real people and not reviewers who look and listen for details that I might not to give me an honest feedback. Ay suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks PAUL JOON NYC
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Mfgrep, Would you kindly share the mechanical difficulties you had with the Muse 8/296? I certainly would apprciate it. Oh, and I thoroughly agree with the comments that you made here. Thanks!
I was in this kind of decision b4. Finally I am settled on the single box EMC-1, well so far so good! A friend told me that two box CDP will introduce jitter. Good luck!
I agree with the comments about the Electro EMC1 as I have one myself,I found the EMC1 better in every way than the Bel Canto DAC 1 and Pioneer DV 05 combo. happy hunting, Rmml