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I just picked up my first DAC on eBay, mostly to enable playing music from PC. DAC is diyeden svdac01 plus. When compared to Original CD2008, it seems to reach less deep in bass and overall less detail is noticable. I opened it up and noticed that it has two 100u cheap electrolytes in...

So, to summarize - is it possible to decode HDCD in software under XP, output 20-bit stream to non-hdcd 24/96 external DAC, and get upsampled 20->24bit stream, which is actually 20bit resolution HDCD? It seems possible to me - chances are though, that WMP does not play decoded HDCD 20bit...

Can someone post a screenshot of the HDCD logo in WMP 10 or 11?

Ok, I give up. Where the hell is that HDCD logo on WMP 11? I Just installed it, and playind HDCD (Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing) which lights up HDCD led on my Original CD2008, but can't see anything in WMP. I have Audigy and 24-bit enabled in WMP.

Is this DAC capable of decoding HDCD?

I have AKG501 and I was thinking about burning some cash for K701. If anybody went the same path, I would like to hear if it was worth it.

I got tired of swapping CDs, so I was thinking into switching from my Original CD2008 cd player to - PC. I would store all cds in ape format on a hard drive array in basement, and run spdif signal to upstairs. Can I get DAC that can beat a **** out of 1000eur cd player for less than 500eur and...

In that case, we are moving into very competitive zone where others like AKG K701 cost the same - what is the best than in 300 eur range?

I was about to go for DT990 Pro (2003), it's half price of DT990 (2005). Is it really that much worse than 2005 edition?