musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii

[Greenwich_Man]

Hi - I'm about to invest in a dac - thinking of either the musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii.

I have a new toshiba laptop, CD = Marantz CD6003, Amp = NAD C320BEE, Speakers = KEF Q standmounters (12 years old)

(My turntable is a project debut 3)

Do you have experience of these - what would you recommend please? - also open to other suggestions (same type of budget please)

I have been ripping my cd's to flac

 

[Greenwich_Man]

by the way can I get either of these in black?

 

[Greenwich_Man]

Does anyone have opinions on this please?

 

[Greenwich_Man]

sorry for all these questions - but I'm a dac virgin

 

[MajorFubar]

I'm a HRT man. I bought-on-a-whim a II+ after I received a long service award from my employer. I was tempted by the great reviews both in WHF of the II and generally on the net of the II and the II+. I hae not been disappointed, using it with my Mac Mini. Unfortunately I have no experience of how it compares to the V-Dac.

 

[Greenwich_Man]

Thanks MajorFubar

Yes I've read those reviews too - and also good reviews on the V-Dac

And thanks so much for your useful comments.


And I'm now thinking that the V-Dac may be more versatile. i.e. I can disable the dac in my cd player - and send the signal through the v-dac. As far as I can see I wont be able to do that with the hrt.

So...

Is there anyone here who uses the V-Dac who would like to make comments too

All comments gratefully received

Thanks