In the $99 DAC thread 'nhpm510' asked "What about the trends audio dac or the fubar? A little north of $99". I am also interested in a good DAC for our fairly high end system but can't justify (or afford) $1000 for the Benchmark DAC-1 that many rave about. Besides the two mentioned I have been considering the EMU 0404 which has the added benefit of a microphone preamp that we may use with a room acoustics calibration system, and the Keces DA-151. The EMU has a lot of write ups that are very favorable. The Keces only has a very few but they are glowing. Part of the difficulty with the selection process is that there are several people that talk about comparisons between 1 or 2 DACs, but I haven't found any recent ones that compare several in the $500 and under range. And specs are almost meaningless it seems. They need to be audibly compared.
I guess what we really need is a Craigsub for DACs! Lacking that it would sure be helpful to get more feedback from users.
Rod
I guess what we really need is a Craigsub for DACs! Lacking that it would sure be helpful to get more feedback from users.
Rod
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