Hi
Looking to pay up to £100 for a DAC with spdif input. Let me know if you have anything you would like to sell.
Cheers
Howard
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[WTD] Budget DAC with spdif input
Hi
Looking to pay up to £100 for a DAC with spdif input. Let me know if you have anything you would like to sell.
Cheers
Howard
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Location: Belgium
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I'm Chris.
I may sell a paradise board fully operational (just plug a 12-17v psu) this is the Monica 3.
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I'm nigel.
get yourself a SMSL SANSKRIT from amazon.
very very good at the now discounted price of 70 quid.
it features coax optical and plug and play usb inputs.....I tried the coax input connected to my roksan cd player and it took a critical A/B comparison to notice much change in the sound.
the native cd player was better....but not by THAT much.
if you feel tweaky there is a proper regulated 9v supply available to upgrade the wallwart supply too.
NIGE
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I'm Grant.
Ive got the m6minidac that is also a headphone amp from smsl. Its very good. The sanscrit is about £85 currently on my amazon, but dont seem to be getting sold by amazon. Maybe they were clearing stock as there is a 2017 7th version just out. Make very tuneful dacs for money. The smpsu is quite good but a linear does improve things somewhat..
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I'm Houman.
I have a friends maverick dac and they are pretty good and cheap! Even has tube output.
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I'm James.
The Muse DACs are great and quite cheap, I liked the NOS one a lot,see eBay or AliExpress
novafidelity x40 music server/pre/dac, Arcam A39, roksan k3 power amp,Monitor Audio Monitor 50, Dali spektor 1, van damme interconnects and speaker cable, roskan k3 CD player
If you can find a VALAB DAC buy it. Mine cost me £95 used and still feels like I got a huge bargain.
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Location: Bridgend
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I'm Simon.
I've got a beresford bushmaster mk2 with upgraded chip. Now surplus to requirements. My first DAC and a considerable upgrade from the inbuilt dac in a Quad 99 CDP. If you're in the U.K. £80 delivered. Spdif inpu (amongst others), also has headphone output.
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I'm Lawrence.
I recommend the MF vdac you can find them for about £60 these days, not quite ready to sell mine yet need to do a fee comparisons in my second system before I let it go.
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I'm howard.
Thank you all for your suggestions and time. I have been scratching my head over the sanskrit and a newer topping d30 but ended up buying Simon's bushmaster which has many positive reviews.
Howard.
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