I appear to got a little bit lost in the plethora of DAC reviews and discussion on audiosciencereview.Com!
I'm looking to upgrade my ageing Dacmagic 100, with something up to £500.
Those guys seem to like the SMSL SU-9, SMSL M500 and Topping D30 Pro, but there's always the obvious choice of the new Cambridge Audio Dacmagic 200M.
I quite like the idea of having a headphone amp built in, like in the M500 and Dacmagic.
Though I don't currently use MQA ( I use spotify via USB from my mac), I like my purchases to be as 'future-proof' as possible, so I'd prefer to have it.
I'll also switch to using my CD6SE2 as a transport only and connect to the new DAC via Toslink.
Does anyone out there have any real-world experience of these models and the customer service of the companies involved?
Also, if there are any alternatives that I've missed, please let me know!
Thank you.
I'm looking to upgrade my ageing Dacmagic 100, with something up to £500.
Those guys seem to like the SMSL SU-9, SMSL M500 and Topping D30 Pro, but there's always the obvious choice of the new Cambridge Audio Dacmagic 200M.
I quite like the idea of having a headphone amp built in, like in the M500 and Dacmagic.
Though I don't currently use MQA ( I use spotify via USB from my mac), I like my purchases to be as 'future-proof' as possible, so I'd prefer to have it.
I'll also switch to using my CD6SE2 as a transport only and connect to the new DAC via Toslink.
Does anyone out there have any real-world experience of these models and the customer service of the companies involved?
Also, if there are any alternatives that I've missed, please let me know!
Thank you.