I think from my own experience there’s very little difference in SQ between different DACS and tbh I’m all for minimising my box and cable count, I’ve had external DACS before and think the DACS in my Cambridge CXA60 and Onkyo A9010 don’t lose anything to any of them, it’s not like the addition of a DAC in an integrated amp costs the manufacturer very much, DAC chips cost pennies these days.
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Cousins got a Yamaha A-S501 with inbuilt DAC but uses a Bresford Stand alone DAC which does improve on the Yamahas inbuilt one
Amp Rega Elex-R
CDP Denon DCD 520
Tuner Teac T-R650 Dab/FM
Music Player Pioneer N30 Network Player
DAC Rega Dac-R
Speakers Q Acoustic Concept 40s
Speaker Cable Current is Rega FSC Quattro , Fisual S-Flex Studio 2.5mm / Ortofon SPK 100
Interconnects Van Damme Silver Plated OFC Pro Classic XKE CDP/Tuner & Solid Silver Cyro 99.99% Pure, Dac To Amp
Headphones AKG K550 mk3
SUB BK XLS 200
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I'm Tony.
I bought it from a German company called Sotel, unfortunately they don’t appear to be stocking it anymore.
You could try contacting Onkyo EU and see if they can advise a supplier.
https://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/a-9010-122158.html
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