Dac Magic Plus reduced to £299

[SteveR750]

Price reduced on the CA website, cheaper than most used examples on ebay....

Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus Digital to Analogue Converter & Preamplifier

The DacMagic Plus has fantastic new features, including wireless device connectivity and stunning audio performance from music of all formats. Thanks to twin DACs, it instantly improves audio fidelity from all your favourite digital products allowing you to make your computer, TV, Blu-ray player...

www.cambridgeaudio.com

 

[Gray]

Price reduced on the CA website, cheaper than most used examples on ebay....

Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus Digital to Analogue Converter & Preamplifier

The DacMagic Plus has fantastic new features, including wireless device connectivity and stunning audio performance from music of all formats. Thanks to twin DACs, it instantly improves audio fidelity from all your favourite digital products allowing you to make your computer, TV, Blu-ray player...

www.cambridgeaudio.com

That makes their little XS (Extra Small) version look somewhat pricey at £100.
(Not that the XS is bad, I bought one when the black version fell briefly to £39).

 

[SteveR750]

I've owned the original Dacmagic, the Plus, and also the XS. The XS is brilliant, but just lacking in power, which is a limitation of USB 2.0
I tried a few DACS some years ago when I still owned separates, some more than double the price of the Plus, and I kept coming back to the Plus, it's a great piece of kit, wished I'd kept mine.

 

[iMark]

I bought a DACMagic about 10 years ago. It works really well. But it's in storage at the moment.

However, convenience is more important for us in our integrated setup. We moved to an network stereo receiver by Yamaha. The DAC in the Yamaha is perfectly OK but being able to switch to the right inputs with our Logitech Harmony app is so much more convenient than anything we've owned before. Streaming also has become much more important. In the previous setup we had an Airport Express connected to the DACMagic. The Yamaha R-N602 supports AirPlay and replaced three other components: a stereo receiver, a DAC and an Airport Express.

For sound and build quality I can recommend the Cambridge Audio stuff. But it should have a remote control in 2020.