Dac,s

acorn · Post by **acorn** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:01 pm

Would a Arcam rPac dac sound any better than a high-end sound card or
would it be better to go down the DIY route.

What would the forum members recommend which way to go to obtain the best sound for ones money.

Acorn

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:08 pm

What connections do you need?

acorn · Post by **acorn** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:34 pm

RCA Phono outputs to drive a valve amp

Ray P · Post by **Ray P** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:30 pm

acorn wrote:Would a Arcam rPac dac sound any better than a high-end sound card or
would it be better to go down the DIY route.

What would the forum members recommend which way to go to obtain the best sound for ones money.

Acorn

What is your digital 'source' that will be feeding data to the dac?

Ray

Ray P · Post by **Ray P** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:50 pm

For a DIY solution and assuming a USB feed, this Chinese DAC seems to be well thought of over on DIY Audio;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XMOS-U8-DSD-3 ... 23385da631

There's a thread here;

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital- ... -ebay.html

Ray

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:51 pm

acorn wrote:RCA Phono outputs to drive a valve amp

Aye, but what inputs, USB, SP/DIF, BNC, XLR?

acorn · Post by **acorn** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:16 pm

USB input from computer

rowuk · Post by **rowuk** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:01 pm

I am using a Focusrite Forte with a decent analog power supply and BitPerfect software on a MacMini and am VERY happy with the results.

My digital playback has a certain immediacy that I really like. If you don't oversample, you get even better results!

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