SEABREEZE
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What are some of the better Dacs / Pre to consider for using computer music files as source to drive amp and speakers.
If you're using a MAC I'd highly recommend a Weiss Firewire DAC. I have owned the DAC2 and currently own the DAC202, both of which are outstanding. I hear great things about the Metric Halo ULN-8 as well.
How bout the Bel Canto
If you're using a MAC I'd highly recommend a Weiss Firewire DAC. I have owned the DAC2 and currently own the DAC202, both of which are outstanding. I hear great things about the Metric Halo ULN-8 as well.
DACs with some sort of asynchronous USB tech are the way to go. The Ayre, the Calyx, any of the Wavelength DACs, the Empirical Overdrive, W4S DAC-2, the M2Tech, John Kenny's JKDAC, etc. Of course with an asynchronous USB > S/Pdif converter, you can use just about any DAC ever made.
Here's a link to an Ayre white paper with some info: http://www.ayre.com/pdf/Ayre_USB_DAC_White_Paper.pdf
Of course, it's a mfr's white paper so keep that in mind but I think it's a helpful leaping off point. Then just google a bit, there's a bunch of info out there. Just how conclusive it is is a different story.