Arcam irDAC

[DIB]

My thoughts too. The list of compatible USB DAC / speakers on the synology website is out of date and quite sparce so it would be a gamble. If I get a chance to do a home demo test I'll report back.

I'm hoping to get a serious bump in sound quality compared to my SB Touch but I've been disappointed before!

I would be very interested to see if there was a £400 worth of improvement to the SB Touch, as £400 buys quite a lot of music

I would be frankly shocked if it sounded *as good* as the SB Touch... If the terrible sounding rDac is anything to go by.

The Touch is VERY difficult to beat sound-wise, speaking from LOTS of experience.

Agree about the qualities of the SBT, I run mine direct into my amp.

However, totally disagree about the rDAc sounding "terrible". I run a PC via optical and a laptop via the kw dongle into my rDAC and the results are excellent.

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[alienmango]

For anyone who had heard it is it much different to the rdac if you only ever planned to use the usb input?

Thanks.

 

[Xanderzdad]

My thoughts too. The list of compatible USB DAC / speakers on the synology website is out of date and quite sparce so it would be a gamble. If I get a chance to do a home demo test I'll report back.

I'm hoping to get a serious bump in sound quality compared to my SB Touch but I've been disappointed before!

I would be very interested to see if there was a £400 worth of improvement to the SB Touch, as £400 buys quite a lot of music

I would be frankly shocked if it sounded *as good* as the SB Touch... If the terrible sounding rDac is anything to go by.

The Touch is VERY difficult to beat sound-wise, speaking from LOTS of experience.

Have you found any improvement to the SB Touch sound by using the Touch Toolbox 3.0 software mods?

 

[Cypher]

I would be frankly shocked if it sounded *as good* as the SB Touch... If the terrible sounding rDac is anything to go by.

I wouldn't go as far and say it sounds terrible but the original rdac wasn't my favourite either. Not my kind of sound at all.

 

[smbmetal]

My thoughts too. The list of compatible USB DAC / speakers on the synology website is out of date and quite sparce so it would be a gamble. If I get a chance to do a home demo test I'll report back.

I'm hoping to get a serious bump in sound quality compared to my SB Touch but I've been disappointed before!

I would be very interested to see if there was a £400 worth of improvement to the SB Touch, as £400 buys quite a lot of music

I would be frankly shocked if it sounded *as good* as the SB Touch... If the terrible sounding rDac is anything to go by.

The Touch is VERY difficult to beat sound-wise, speaking from LOTS of experience.

That's not the first time I've read that. The SBT is the single best piece of Hi-Fi equipment I have ever purchased a superb product! I never thought I'd see myself storing away my CD collection.

 

[emperor's new clothes]

+1 for the SBT. Tried a MDAC and no significant improvement - certainly not £600 worth. Ethernet over Wifi a much cheaper improvement to my ears. However I'm very happy with the rPac and enjoy the arcam sound via headphones.

 

[cassper]

Why did I read this read :wall: I was about to pull the plug on Arcam irDac and wanted to see some opinions. I want to replace CA Dacmagic fed from SBT, but it never occured to me to try SBT directly into the amp, without the Dacmagic. Do you reckon SBT will hold its ground when connected directly? I have read a couple of times that SBT has a decent analog output on its own, but never thought it could be as good as a standalone DAC. Will try it today as soon as I come back home, I own 2 SBTs and they are little marvels, absolutely fantastic devices.