pfarrell;357564 Wrote: > ashmore wrote: > > Is a DAC the addition to my system most likely to satisfy my > immediate > > 'need'? > > If so, is installation an easy - plug it in and off you go? > > And finally, within the £100 - £150 price range, what have people > found > > to be effective? > > Yes, yes and no. > > A great DAC will improve your system. But they cost $1000 on up. > Benchmark DAC-1 is a classic example. > > The DAC built into a SB3 is decent, as good as you should expect in a > $200 device, after all the SB3 is just a display, cpu and a $200 DAC. > > They are trivial to plug and play. > > But I have zero expectations that something in the £100 - £150 price > range will do any good. > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
I really think the most expensive thing in an SB3 is the vacuum display. I think the dac (just the chip) isn't over $20 US That's not including all the design and other things to make it work they way they have. And they have done a great job with it. I just think you are way over stating the cost of the actual DAC here. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54783
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