DAC suggestions ?

russell salter

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Just got a Marantz pm8005 for £499 and absolutely love it. Im now looking for a DAC upgrade for a cd6006. Im not a brand snob, so Chinese is an option. Given that I can get a cd8005 for £500, a budget of £150 would be the most I'd spend. Would a DAC for that money actually improve the 6006 to at least the quality of the cd8005 ?
 
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russell salter said:
Just got a Marantz pm8005 for £499 and absolutely love it. Im now looking for a DAC upgrade for a cd6006. Im not a brand snob, so Chinese is an option. Given that I can get a cd8005 for £500, a budget of £150 would be the most I'd spend. Would a DAC for that money actually improve the 6006 to at least the quality of the cd8005 ?

Nope! The 8005 can play SACD's too, save up some cash and get the 8005. My 2p's worth.
 
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BigH said:
He already has a 8005. You could look at Schiit modi 2, thats about £110.

Sure he's got the PM8005, but he hasn't got the matching SA8005.
 

rainsoothe

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russell salter said:
Just got a Marantz pm8005 for £499 and absolutely love it. Im now looking for a DAC upgrade for a cd6006. Im not a brand snob, so Chinese is an option. Given that I can get a cd8005 for £500, a budget of £150 would be the most I'd spend. Would a DAC for that money actually improve the 6006 to at least the quality of the cd8005 ?

No. Marantz CD players are very hard to beat imo, with that budget you might actually downgrade it :) Even the CXN might be a sideways move (DAC wise).
 

philpot1001

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I have the same amp as you and a CD6005, i recently bought a CA Dacmagic Plus (wrote a mini review on here recently-ish). For me the new DAC offered a noticable improvement in the amount of detail i could hear, i would say that was its primary improvement sound wise - but what it did also offer me was increased usability (i can now plug my TV through my amp via the DAC, also listen to any kind of digi input like lap tops etc, also a number of input ports........although i had a bind trying to get my samsung phone to work).

Not sure if you get the functionality of a DAC separate from the SA8005, cant comment about SQ of SA8005 compared to the DAC Magic Plus as havent dont a direct comparison..........also the DAC magic plus is slightly out of your price range too, but i think you want the Plus version as it has twin wolfson chips and upsamples, the std version doesnt.

GL
 

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I'd be inclined to think that unless you have a specific issue with the sound leave well enough alone. 20 people could list 20 different "better" DACs but that might not matter in actual use. Marantz cd players have good long established tech inside
 

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