proglife
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First, I have an Airport Express and a lower end Sony disc changer in the same setup. I would like to hook both up to a decent DAC; the APX via it's optical out and the Sony via it's coaxial output.
Can I get a single external DAC with both coax and optical inputs and use it for both the Sony and the APX? Will it recognize which player input is receiving data and automatically convert that stream to analog? I imagine this is different on case to case basis, but is that sort of thing common? Would it make more sense to buy a unit with an input switching control and just select the input as necessary?
Second question: I'd like something that sounds ANYTHING like my Rega P3. I've had 50 dollar DVD players and 1400 dollar redbook players in my system and nothing sounds anywhere close to as good as the Rega. What sort of DAC flavor should I be looking at when trying to get this sound out of my digital front end? NOS? Upsampling? Tube output? And of course, the cheaper the better
Thanks!
Can I get a single external DAC with both coax and optical inputs and use it for both the Sony and the APX? Will it recognize which player input is receiving data and automatically convert that stream to analog? I imagine this is different on case to case basis, but is that sort of thing common? Would it make more sense to buy a unit with an input switching control and just select the input as necessary?
Second question: I'd like something that sounds ANYTHING like my Rega P3. I've had 50 dollar DVD players and 1400 dollar redbook players in my system and nothing sounds anywhere close to as good as the Rega. What sort of DAC flavor should I be looking at when trying to get this sound out of my digital front end? NOS? Upsampling? Tube output? And of course, the cheaper the better
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Thanks!