musical fidelity vs dacmagic 2009

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hi just got one question?

got a mac mini running into a hi fi a musical fidelity x24k dac into a musical fidelity x-a200r amplifier.

to me the sound is really good but the dac is quite old now so i was wondering would the new cambridge audio dac magic be a step up sound wise. or will it be a step to the side. has dac's got that good that i should replace this with a dacmagic.

 

[Anonymous]

I can't answer specifically but I do have a Dacmagic and a VDac. My preference is for the VDac. Not sure if that helps......

You could always get a Dacmagic and if you dont like it then I think you have a couple of weeks to take it back.

 

[John Duncan]

Keep the MF...

 

[Gerrardasnails]

jon e:
hi just got one question?

got a mac mini running into a hi fi a musical fidelity x24k dac into a musical fidelity x-a200r amplifier.

to me the sound is really good but the dac is quite old now so i was wondering would the new cambridge audio dac magic be a step up sound wise. or will it be a step to the side. has dac's got that good that i should replace this with a dacmagic.

I think the DacMagic comes into it's own when the balanced connections are utilised. Seeing as your amp doesn't have XLR connectivity, I concur with my fellow DM (ex)owners.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for the advice i reckon the v-dac is most probably a x24k dac but has got cheaper money wise.A lot of people prefer the v-dac over the dacmagic.So i'll keep the x-24k just did not know if i was missing out on better sound quality form newer dac's but looking on forum's it seems people prefer the older dac's anyway.

 

[Anonymous]

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