The effect of source and external "double DACs"?


Is there an "over-DAC" effect if you connect a source component with integral dac (such as an oppo or Cambridge Audio 851c) to an external dedicated dac?

If an external dedicated dac is used, is it better to have just a simple transport for the source?
aceofhearts
If I might add a question of my own:

Would it be totally crazy to A) Run an optical out from a TV (only optical out for digital) to a DAC in order to utilize the coax digital out from the DAC since, in this case, the coax digital cable is much, much higher quality than the optical cable? B) That high quality coax digital cable would would then run into an integrated amp
with a DAC...
There are three things you can do to improve TV sound quality:

1) get a good toslink, like:

http://best-tronics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BMI&Product_Code=TOSLINK-XXX&Category_Code=TOSLINK

or

2) use a Roku 3 to make it a smart TV (to watch Amazon) and add a HDMI audio extractor like:

Kanex Pro HAECOAX

or

3) Get an Oppo Blu-ray player to make it a smart TV and watch VUDU movies. Use the coax out or the DAC inside the Oppo

#3 is the best quality. Forget Netflix. Bad video and audio quality on most devices. Use VUDU and Amazon.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Don't you guys love it when a poster asks a question and gets multiple responses but never follows up with a thank you or even another question?

Maybe they propose the question on multiple forums and get their answer elsewhere?

Bill