- Mar 3, 2010
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This is probably another question which has no straightforward answer.
Here’s the background.
I’m thinking of persuading The Boss to let me buy the above. It would probably be for an Xmas present. I’m drawn specifically to this particular DAC because it’s small, discrete and self-contained (no power supply) and it’s not ridiculously expensive (£150ish). I could use it both upstairs on my Windows PC in my little studio and also on the Mac Mini downstairs, onto which I’ve loaded Spotify Unlimited.
My question is...
How well do you think its sound compares to the native sound of my Marantz CD63 mkII KI?
Would I be expecting too much for a £150 DAC to match the sound of a 1990s midrange CDP?
Also...what is its musical signature, ie: bit bright and forward (which wouldn’t gel well with my amp and speakers at all), warm and round, or somewhere in the middle?
TYVM
Here’s the background.
I’m thinking of persuading The Boss to let me buy the above. It would probably be for an Xmas present. I’m drawn specifically to this particular DAC because it’s small, discrete and self-contained (no power supply) and it’s not ridiculously expensive (£150ish). I could use it both upstairs on my Windows PC in my little studio and also on the Mac Mini downstairs, onto which I’ve loaded Spotify Unlimited.
My question is...
How well do you think its sound compares to the native sound of my Marantz CD63 mkII KI?
Would I be expecting too much for a £150 DAC to match the sound of a 1990s midrange CDP?
Also...what is its musical signature, ie: bit bright and forward (which wouldn’t gel well with my amp and speakers at all), warm and round, or somewhere in the middle?
TYVM