This is kind of cool.. I have to admit that my prejudices have kept me from even considering an external DAC in the past, so a lot of this is new (and interesting) to me as well.
There is one quote that I'd like to follow up on:
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Personally, I simply don't feel that you can beat the analog output of a quality CD player if you have a proper analog bypass or dedicated analog stereo system.
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My original statement said something to the same effect as that -- well close at least. Exchange
CD player for
Receiver and I THINK we're saying the same thing.
Also, I hope SteveCallas chimes in -- he did an A/B test with different components testing their respective DAC's on another forum (can't remember which). As I recall, he tested inexpensive recievers through reasonably priced separates with the end result that he thought there wasn't a "real" (bad word, can't think of a better one) difference between the units. I can't remember the details of the test (hence the reason I hope Steve chimes in), so we might not be talking apples to apples here.
In any case, great info and hopefully helpful for our fellow shackster pearsall001.
JCD