Pete_sxe

I bought the PS audio Digital Link III finally. It will be more usefull than a dedicated CD player. I did a blind buy, because there wasn't any store in my town that sells DACs, but with the 300 usd rebate I thought it was a pretty good deal. So far I'm really satisfied with it's performance, again I haven't listen to other products, I can only compare with my old CD player (an old Sony but a goos one). The signal quality is better with less distortion, loud music sounds less agressive to my ears. There is a major gain in bass quality (I never listened to music with loudness before, because it was too boomy). Now the bass is much more precise and tight. High frequencies are more spaced and detailled. At first I felt the diffrence was noticeable but subtle, but with more listening time I now truly beleive that this is a strong upgrade to my system. Thanks everyone for sharing yours thoughts Pete

Hi everyone First, I am new to this forum and to DAC technologie. I am slowly building my audiophile system (McIntosh amp and B&W speakers) and I am now looking for a source. At start I though I would buy a dedicated CD player but the idea of being able to connect multiple digital sources (music server and DVD) to my system via a DAC got my attention. The CD player I was looking foward to buy is a Rega Apollo and the DACs that seems to be nice (from the reviews I've read around are : Cambridge DacMagic, MusicHall DAC 25.2, PS Audio – Digital Link III DAC, Benchmark – DAC1 USB and the Stello DA100 Signature (I have a 1k budget max.). My questions are : Is the sound quality from these DAC comparable to the sound quality of the Rega Apollo? In other words, with a transport and one these DACs will I get a sound quality comparable to one generated by a Hi end CD player (I mainly use CDs)? (The audiophile store in my town doesn't have DACs, so I can't listen to them) Is the transport source very important? From what I know, the transport only sends 0 and 1, them DAC does the important job, so having a cheap transport is ok? is this right? I play rock music (form heavy metal to pop rock) which of these DAC would you suggest me to buy? Thanx Pete