vaki
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Hi all,
I am considering buying a DAC for my Hifi setup.
I have Harman Kardon HK 6800 amplifier driving Apogee Centaur speakers with laptop as a source.
I use the setup for music (70%) and movies/gaming (30%).
I'd like to buy a DAC for around ~ $ 150 with USB and optical input (because I have PS4 as well which I am currently unable to connect to my system).
I'd like the DAC to have an option to play hi-res files and be rather warm sounding as it is recommended for Apogees.
Would you have any suggestions? I went through the forum but most of the discussions focuses on portable DAC/amps while I don't need neither amplification nor portability.
From what I read I see many people recommending SMSL M8 which is sometimes available for this price at Massdrop. Do you have any other recommendations at this price range? I'm mainly looking at DACs with 2.15 Vrms output as I understood this to be ideal for feeding the amp (not sure if this is correct coz I am rather newbie in the technical matters).
Thanks.
Tomas
I am considering buying a DAC for my Hifi setup.
I have Harman Kardon HK 6800 amplifier driving Apogee Centaur speakers with laptop as a source.
I use the setup for music (70%) and movies/gaming (30%).
I'd like to buy a DAC for around ~ $ 150 with USB and optical input (because I have PS4 as well which I am currently unable to connect to my system).
I'd like the DAC to have an option to play hi-res files and be rather warm sounding as it is recommended for Apogees.
Would you have any suggestions? I went through the forum but most of the discussions focuses on portable DAC/amps while I don't need neither amplification nor portability.
From what I read I see many people recommending SMSL M8 which is sometimes available for this price at Massdrop. Do you have any other recommendations at this price range? I'm mainly looking at DACs with 2.15 Vrms output as I understood this to be ideal for feeding the amp (not sure if this is correct coz I am rather newbie in the technical matters).
Thanks.
Tomas