i am looking for a 2-ch dac for very good stereo performance.
at the moment i use my spp-300 dac (spdif-coax) for my digital audio.
don't want to spend money on an expensive cd player anymore.
don't need it for multi channel (keep using my ssp-300 for HT)
the budget is limited (about 2.500 euro) and the ssp-800 is out of reach (9000 euro's here in the netherlands = $ 11500 us) :-(
done some research on forums and my shortlist now is:
Ayre QB-9 (only usb, so limited to computer playback like mac mini)
Weiss Dac2 (works best through firewire i heard, so it will be computer playback)
Naim dac (only spdif, is not the best protocol for digital audio)
PSAudio perfectwave dac (network bridge not yet available)
1. does anyone have experience with a very good dac capable of high res audio and a good match for my classe ca5100 - b&w805s - rel strato 5 sub setup?
2. are there more of you using a computer as a source for audio,
and how do you use it from your listening position (remote control)?
3. any advise welcome for the dac and will it outperform the dac in my ssp-300?
i know to demo is the best way to decide, but it is not easy to find these products in the netherlands, and specially not finding more then one of the above brands at the same dealer to compare.
i had the slimdevices transporter home once for a demo. didn't like it much over my squeezebox 3 - ssp300 combination. gave me a feeling that the instruments were moving around.
thanks in advance
at the moment i use my spp-300 dac (spdif-coax) for my digital audio.
don't want to spend money on an expensive cd player anymore.
don't need it for multi channel (keep using my ssp-300 for HT)
the budget is limited (about 2.500 euro) and the ssp-800 is out of reach (9000 euro's here in the netherlands = $ 11500 us) :-(
done some research on forums and my shortlist now is:
Ayre QB-9 (only usb, so limited to computer playback like mac mini)
Weiss Dac2 (works best through firewire i heard, so it will be computer playback)
Naim dac (only spdif, is not the best protocol for digital audio)
PSAudio perfectwave dac (network bridge not yet available)
1. does anyone have experience with a very good dac capable of high res audio and a good match for my classe ca5100 - b&w805s - rel strato 5 sub setup?
2. are there more of you using a computer as a source for audio,
and how do you use it from your listening position (remote control)?
3. any advise welcome for the dac and will it outperform the dac in my ssp-300?
i know to demo is the best way to decide, but it is not easy to find these products in the netherlands, and specially not finding more then one of the above brands at the same dealer to compare.
i had the slimdevices transporter home once for a demo. didn't like it much over my squeezebox 3 - ssp300 combination. gave me a feeling that the instruments were moving around.
thanks in advance
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