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new player or dac

I have put together a new system and have left the source for last.
It includes Musical fidelity A3cr amp/preamp and tuner, straigtwire encore II interconnects, nordost solar wind speaker cable and audio physic tempo III speakers. my source is a sony c79es multi disc changer. I can't decide if I should buy the new sony sacd changer or at the suggestion of a salesman buy the new musical fidelity 24/96 upsampling dac. any suggestions?
fidelio101
buckingham
333 posts
 
Hey Fidelio, you seem to like the MF stuff! I also had lots of the A3 gear, A3 int, A3 cd player. I would definetely put something in your system with tubes. Either a one box cd player with a tubed output or a tubed DAC. There are many out there to chose from. What is your budget for a DAC/CD player
soix
9,456 posts
 
If you're going to avoid the new formats for a while the DAC may be a good option if it's not overly expensive. Otherwise the best way to go without having to invest too much into the evolving SACD/DVD-A technologies might be to buy one of Sony's cheaper SACD changers and have it modified by Stan Warren, Dan Wright, or Ric Shultz(www.tweakaudio.com). This way for about $1000 or less you'll have a player that can compete with CD players that cost 2-3 times that much and you'll also be able to get your feet wet with SACD. Best of luck.

Tim
chelillingworth
309 posts
 
Modwright modified Sony DVP S9000es. They are available new at J&R for $829 and mods will run you between $300 - $800. This is a lot of machine for the money, the stock unit is a little bright but with goo resolution the mods turn it something quite special with the added bonus of DVD-V and SACD.
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