tusken wrote: > I am looking for some advice please on whether to go with a mint but > second hand audiolab m-dac for £340 (RRP is £600) - or go the whole hog > and buy the new upgraded version, the m-dac plus for £800. The m-dac > plus can do 24/192 via USB (and DSD, but i am not interested in DSD) and > has an upgraded power supply. the m-dac can only do 24/96 via USB. > > Ive not owned a separate DAC before and have simply used the DAC on the > touch and the analogue outs. > > my system is > arcam 7R pre-amp and 8P power amp -biamped into B&W CM9 S2s > > if i use the coaxial or the toslink to output from the touch -i can > output 24/192 to the m-dac anyway -so the question is, just how > important is the ability to have specifically usb 24/192? am i really > going to notice a difference between usb 24/192 and coaxial 24/192? i > do have quite a lot of 24/192 flacs and i will use the EDO plugin > > what would you go for, given the price difference? > > any advice appreciated -but i am not really interested in other DACs so > i would prefer to keep the discussion to just these 2 DACS and the > merits of USB out versus coaxial and optical. > > thanks
My advice is to post your question here http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?7-Audiophiles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105536
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