Arcam Black Box 1 upgrades - does anyone do digital upgrades ?

[Nigel]

I would be worried about the risk myself. Also, even after upgrades, might you be better with one of the newer DAC's?

[loonytunes]

I would be worried about the risk myself. Also, even after upgrades, might you be better with one of the newer DAC's?

The later (affordable!) DACs don't seem to reach the Arcam's musicality "as it stands unmodified" - so I am keen to see just what else this old DAC is capable of (I have two of them).

The caveat being that the Arcam sits on sorbothane feet and has a high quality transport upstream - so it's super fussy in that regard (otherwise the sound is flat and lifeless).

Curiosity is getting the better of me - and there is plenty of room in the case for someone competent to tweak it - or at least convert it to NOS.

[Nigel]

Fair enough. I still use an Avondale Arcam 5 CD player on occasion, Tda1541 NOS and it sounds enjoyable to my ears but wouldn't know how a modern £500 ish DAC would compare.