Thanks for your explainations so far. I just read a thread about the positive effect of cheap DACs Made in China. Still I have a hard time believing that professional mastering gear like the ADI-2 has ZERO effect on sound qualiy while some cheapish 100 plastic boxes are praised for their performance.
My setup: Squeezebox Duet (Optical/Coax Connection via Oehlbach Digital Cable -> RME ADI-2) Solen Tigre Hybrid Amplifier (Valve Pre, Transistor Power Ampl.) Silent Wire Audio Physics Yara Evolution That way I can directly switch inputs with and without the external DAC. Except for a small difference in volume there is NO audible difference between both options. There's also no difference in Optical/Coax digital connection quality. Is it possible, that the speakers are too bad to hear the difference? It's just because there's a lot of people euphoric about external DACs and also some who don't see any differnce at all. As a former scientist, maybe I'm looking for a measurable explanation... ;) The reason why I'm still dealing with the issue is - should I keep the DAC and check if a speaker update will make the improvement audible or should I just quit thinking about external DACs for the time being? -- Zardoz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zardoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18036 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48679
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