Hi.. The other day, just for fun, a friend of mine brought his Rotel RSP 1069 to my place and we did a comparision with my Musical Fidelity M1 DAC. Though I found out that my DAC beats the Rotel RSP in stereo performance, in movie watching my DAC faded many shades behind the RSP (even when my Mac Mini is outputting only Stereo for movies)
I see many good high end AV Processors (but outdated like no HDMI etc) from popular high end brands go for very reasonable money and I keep wondering how do they perform as DACs in Stereo setup. One such example comes to my mind is a Classe SSP 300 vs Chord DAC64. In the used market they recently got sold more or less around the same price range (may be few hundred pound difference).
Is there any one out there, experimental enough and checked this angle already? Please let me know
PS: I am aware that the AV Processor also works as a Pre-amp and so let us keep that added functionality aside for now.
PPS: Though I have a MF M1 DAC, I am aware of its bright side and still looking for a suitable DAC. As of now, only PS DL3 is on my list. If this discussion favours AV Processor then I might consider that route.
I see many good high end AV Processors (but outdated like no HDMI etc) from popular high end brands go for very reasonable money and I keep wondering how do they perform as DACs in Stereo setup. One such example comes to my mind is a Classe SSP 300 vs Chord DAC64. In the used market they recently got sold more or less around the same price range (may be few hundred pound difference).
Is there any one out there, experimental enough and checked this angle already? Please let me know
PS: I am aware that the AV Processor also works as a Pre-amp and so let us keep that added functionality aside for now.
PPS: Though I have a MF M1 DAC, I am aware of its bright side and still looking for a suitable DAC. As of now, only PS DL3 is on my list. If this discussion favours AV Processor then I might consider that route.