I can't see any good reason to run AES/EBU between the DIP and the DAC, coax works great and if you could hear a significant difference I would be totally amazed. Having owned a Dac II, Dac III and Nelson Dac III I can say that internally they are all very different, despite what is said on their website, and the Dac III has better parts and layout. I'm pretty sure the only way to get the AES/EBU input is to have the full Nelson version upgrade done on a standard Link Dac, which is about a $400 upgrade, so you would be better off just buying a used Nelson dac should you find one, or just installing the upsampler card.... At the 2 prices you have listed you can't go wrong either way, so why not just grab one and see if you like what you hear.
Differences between Link 1, 2 and 3 DACs?
I am looking to buy a Link DAC, but I'm not sure which model to buy, the 1, 2 or 3. I understand version 3 is the easiest to upgrade, but I'm not really looking to upgrade it. The only thing I would want to add would be just an AES/EBU input, not the upgrade with the upsampler board though. Wouldn't it be better to go from a Monarchy DIP to the Link DAC using the AES/EBU jacks rather than Coax?
I can get a Link 1 DAC for about $80, or the Link 2 DAC with a Monolithic HC-2 PSU for about $150... so I'm wondering if I should save the extra money for cables or buy one of the newer DACs.
Thanks
I can get a Link 1 DAC for about $80, or the Link 2 DAC with a Monolithic HC-2 PSU for about $150... so I'm wondering if I should save the extra money for cables or buy one of the newer DACs.
Thanks
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