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Location: swansea
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I'm gerald.
dac advice
I due to have two major spinal operations so I am going to be bed bound /settee bound for a few months I have ripped a load of music to my laptop and can control it using foobar 2000 on my phone so looking for a dac not mega expensive due my money situation any recomendations please? I will be going the second hand route to get one .
Gerry
Trade: 20/20 Audio
Location: Glasgow
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I'm Brian.
Hi Gerry , I hope all goes well with your operation and your recovery is both quick and complete . I use one of these and it's excellent https://www.amazon.co.uk/Denon-DA-30...=denon+dac+300 .Originally Posted by diviy
Regards
Brian
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It all depends on what you upper limit budget is and if you need headphone output as well or not. I might have a modded Caiman II loan unit back next week that you can try.
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Location: Maidstone
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I'm James.
I would go with Stans route.
There are a few of his dacs second hand in the Classifieds at the moment due to his new model launch. They are usually around £100
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Location: East Yorkshire, UK
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I'm Mark.
I am guessing that you will need a USB input to plug the laptop into unless the laptop has optical output?
I would see if you can find one of Stanley's DACs at a suitable price.
Hope the back operation goes OK! Good luck with that.
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Location: Troon
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I'm tony.
Stans DACs are pound for pound hard to beat and offer great headphone amps. Handy if your sitting about for a bit.
Best of luck with the surgery. I had an L4/5 discectomy nearly three years ago so know how worried you will be. My thoughts are with you.
Senior Member
Location: swansea
Posts: 483
I'm gerald.
Been digging through my old kit found this dac I forgot I had it is a Cambridge audio Dacmagic 1
Can I use get a usb to phono lead to connect computer to dac to amp ?
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Location: NW London, UK
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I'm Christian.
Think you'd need a usb to spdif converter, lots to choose from at varying price points. I'm not certain what an entry level price point is, it may not prove economical.
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