>>What model are you suggesting? I'm not suggesting or recommending a specific model. There are in fact many contenders depending on one's taste. I own an example, but there are many more to be found. My point was that you don't have to spend a grand on a DAC to get a decent one.
The DAC's I own are built by an engineer in Taiwan who builds under the label MHDT labs and sells via ebay. He builds non-oversampling DACs based on the 1543 and the 1545 chips. I own both the "Digital Dialogue II" and the "Digital Renaissance" which is similar, but has a pencil tube in the output section. Dialogue II: http://tinyurl.com/b5l88 It doesn't look like he has any Renaissance DAC's on sale now, but he has added other models to his lineup. >>And how do you compare it to the built in DAC in the SB3? wrt to the DAC the diff would be: Non-oversampling vs. oversampling. wrt to the difference in sound, I have not made a critical comparison. Right now I use the analog outputs from the sb3 in my room to feed a cheap 100wpc Pioneer receiver into Alesis Monitor Twos. I use the digital output into the Dialogue II and then into a Singlepower PPX3 into Senn HD600's. The headphone rig sounds wonderful. There are other regarded DAC's in the price range. Long list of DACs: http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=139906 (mhdt dac, moodlab dac) http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140074 Another DAC: http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=139545 -- dwc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
