peber;442001 Wrote: > I have a system that have cost me around 25000 SEK (about $3000); my CD > player is a Pioneer DVD 668 which I am very happy with. Now I have > integrated a SB classic into the system and I am for the moment quite > happy with the sound, the sound from the SB is about on par with the DVD > player which I find a bit shocking considering the price difference. I > have had a few friends over and there were jaws dropping all over the > place... ;-) At the moment I am busy ripping all my CD:s to FLAC... > > Now to my question... I have noticed that some users of the SB use an > external DAC to improve the sound. How much do I have to spend on a DAC > to get a clear improvement over the internal DAC? I do not want to spend > a lot and only get a subtle change... Do you have any suggestions for a > DAC that is known to work very well with the SB and is a real > improvement? > > /Per
Can an expensive DAC make a difference, it sure can. Having said that, if you like the way the SB3 sounds compared to your DVD player, just use the SB3. At $3000 total system cost, my opinion would be to improve other system parts before putting money into a DAC. What I am saying is that if you buy a decent DAC, one of two things will probably happen. The DAC is going to reveal system short comings (speakers, amp, pre-amp) or you are likely to hear little to no difference by adding the DAC. Of course as SuperQ points out, "better" is an opinion and what sounds good to one person sounds lacking to another. And as Opaqueice mentioned, I am also a big fan of "borrowing" gear to try at home before I buy. Stuff can sound great at the dealer and like crap in ones home system. Always to many variables between showroom and home (room, furnishings, cables, equipment mix, etc). -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65771 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
