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I'm very ignorant about audio, but I'm trying to learn. A fried showed me this 2 videos today. The video author said that those DACs sound equal but the prices are very different. Please your opinions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vELHCbA24c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTvp9EWiJg

I'm just starting. My old JVC receiver died after 15 years of hard service. It was so old that the repair was more expensive than the value of the receiver. So I started researching. My first idea was to connect a tablet to a pair of speakers, hopefully without cables, and started reading the forums. For now the only changes I've made is I installed Foobar2000 and WASAPI, I connected the sound card to an old Aiwa who was here, and then my old speakers JBL N38 Northridge, I'm still studying and learning to be completely sure what I will buy.

Very much thanks for your help Chris! If I find any other idea I will return to ask you.

The ceiling is 2.5 meters. I listen rock, blues, jazz. Many with loud heavy bass, like Rush in Rio concert, one of my favorites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2l6tk-Q9VU My JBLs have very good bass, at least for me, maybe this help. I never feel that I need a subwoofer. Someone suggested me to buy the Wadia for normal use, and in the future to buy the Alto TS 115 W wireless active speakers for parties, with the advantage that you can install those anyplace. I don't do so many parties to justify a special system for that use.

My living room is 5 x 5 meters. What do you think? This is 15 x 15 feet app.

My speakers have a sensitivity of 90 dB, then I'm OK in this point. http://www.jbl.com/resources/Brands/jbl/Products/ProductRelatedDocuments/en-US/TechnicalSheet/N38%20ts.pdf I no need more options because I just want to use my PC as only sound origin, I use it to play music, view movies, etc, and I don't want multichannel, just stereo. I never use headphones. If they don't ship to Chile I can solve this with some friend help. The only point that would be a problem is the power, sometimes I have 20 young people that want to dance (two children in the university) or 20 middle age people nostalgic for their young years and just 50 W is not enough I think...

Hi Chris, What do you think about the Wadia 151 PowerDAC Mini Digital Integrated Amplifier? Maybe I'm loosing my time looking for a more complicated alternative. With room correction using software as you suggested me, maybe this is the best solution for me. I think that 50 watts at 8 ohms is not too much, but probably I can live with it. Just $500 in Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Wadia-PowerDAC-Digital-Integrated-Amplifier/dp/B0038WWJDI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1398141917&sr=1-1&keywords=Wadia+151+PowerDAC

The DEQ ports are XLR for AES/EBU or Toslink for SPDIF, not coaxial. My computer don't have the S/PDIF header.

Sorry for my bad English! This is the price for a new unit here in Chile, shipping and taxes make that any imported good here is far expensive than USA. I will investigate about JRiver MC, downloaded software don't pay shipping nor taxes, and off course $50 is a lot cheaper than the DEQ.

Why do you suggest me to sell the DEQ? I didn't bought it yet, but I loved it after see many examples of very good room correction. I use my system in my living room, as many people, and this room is very far from a good acoustics, and the WAF factor is very important here.

Thanks you! Bad luck, I can't find any of those here in Chile.

Probably this is not the right place for this question, I copied it to DAC - Digital to Analog Conversion forum, but I don't know how to erase this post.

Hello everyone! This is my first time here! I'm writing from Chile, at the end of South America. I need to replace my very old receiver, it just died, and to fix it is ridiculous expensive for an old piece of audio equipment. My first idea was to buy a Behringer A500 connected to my computer via one Behringer UCA202, but later I founded the Behringer DEQ2496 that have a good DAC inside based on AKM chip plus room correction, EQ, and others functions that probably I will never use. Now my problem is how to connect my PC Window 7, 64 bits with PCIe slots and USB ports with the DEQ2496 that have AES/EBU and Toslink ports at reasonable cheap cost. The A500 cost here $360, the DEQ2496 $520 and the UCA202 $50. The problem with the UCA202 is the bitrate, just 16/44. I'm looking for a converter or sound card PCIe with a price similar to the UCA202 that have a bitrate at least 24/96 but with a price target lower than $100 with AES/EBU or Toslink ports compatible with the DEQ2496. I founded some USB to Toslink converters, but no idea if those cheap converters have a reasonable good sound quality. I don't have money to make experiments. Any suggestion will be welcome!

Hello everyone! This is my first time here! I'm writing from Chile, at the end of South America. I need to replace my very old receiver, it just died, and to fix it is ridiculous expensive for an old piece of audio equipment. My first idea was to buy a Behringer A500 connected to my computer via one Behringer UCA202, but later I founded the Behringer DEQ2496 that have a good DAC inside based on AKM chip plus room correction, EQ, and others functions that probably I will never use. Now my problem is how to connect my PC Window 7, 64 bits with PCIe slots and USB ports with the DEQ2496 that have AES/EBU and Toslink ports at reasonable cheap cost. The A500 cost here $360, the DEQ2496 $520 and the UCA202 $50. The problem with the UCA202 is the bitrate, just 16/44. I'm looking for a converter or sound card PCIe with a price similar to the UCA202 that have a bitrate at least 24/96 but with a price target lower than $100 with AES/EBU or Toslink ports compatible with the DEQ2496. I founded some USB to Toslink converters, but no idea if those cheap converters have a reasonable good sound quality. I don't have money to make experiments. Any suggestion will be welcome!