[nbaptista]

I wonder if buying a Camb Dac for my PC is a good idea.I´m ripping my CD´s with EAC and playing it as media player with Foobar.I don´t know if is nonsense spend so much money on a PC/Dac comb-I mean,if I will get good results!

 

[.Sup]

I love mine immensely

 

[nbaptista]

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Originally Posted by .Sup /img/forum/go_quote.gif I love mine immensely

Do you have a Cambridge?Do you use it with your PC?Is it so good?

 

[moogman]

I love mine too. It is quite a lot of money but well worth it if you have a good amp and head/earphones.

 

[systemerror909]

My DacMagic has transformed my computer into a very respectable hifi source. Many people spend a ton more on CD players, the DacMagic is extremely versatile, often I'll connect it to my old cd player and it works wonderfully with spdif or toslink inputs.

Heck, even disconnect it from your computer, run a spdif input from a music server type device and you've got high quality wireless audio.

 

[KLJTech]

My best friend is using the Cambridge Audio DacMagic and absolutely loves it. I'm currently using an Asus STX along with the Benchmark DAC1 and honestly I could easily live with any of these 3 (the STX, DAC11 or DacMagic) when using my PC as a source to my preamp.

I believe that I read somewhere that the DacMagic uses the very same DAC as Cambridge Audio's top of the line CD player. Of course there is more to sound quality than just the DAC used but its good to know that they use a very good one in the DacMagic.

Good luck!

 

[paulb09]

I think it actually uses the same DACs as the 740C rather than the 840C, and even then the analogue stage is a bit different to the 740C. Still, it's no slacker, and seems to be a well priced piece of a equipment at that. I have made great use of my 740C to enjoy audio via my PC, so I hope the DacMagic will do the same for you

 

[MacedonianHero]

You can add me to the list of very happy Cambridge DacMagic owners! Great sounding and very versatile DAC. I highly recommend it.

 

[HyperDuel]

I herd if using USB the jitter on the DACMagic is terrible.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Originally Posted by HyperDuel /img/forum/go_quote.gif I herd if using USB the jitter on the DACMagic is terrible.

I have HEARD the DacMagic via USB...I`m listening to it right now and it will buffer and re-clock to de-jidder the data and it sounds really, really good via USB!

Almost indistinguishable compared to digital coax.

You might also want to check out some professional reviewer`s comments and they claim for under $1000, this DAC is pretty darn hard to be beat.

 

[sampson_smith]

"Terrible"? Jitter is pretty hard to detect, even with the best of ears. How could you be sure of that barefaced claim/blatant flame?

 

[rayk]

Great dac, love mine. Run it from usb!

 

[FallenAngel]

I kept mine for about a week before coming to terms with the fact that I think it sucks and selling it. Just another opinion.

 

[HyperDuel]

So the owners as spoken...

It sucks that it can't do 24/192 natively.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Originally Posted by HyperDuel /img/forum/go_quote.gif So the owners as spoken... It sucks that it can't do 24/192 natively.

I'm not sure what you're on, but 1 owner has spoken...just check out the DacMagic thread and you will find many, many more that think it's incredible.

Just check these reviews out:
DacMagic Digital to Analogue Converter / Digital to Analogue Converters / Reviews / Cambridge Audio