Hi all. I wanted to ask if anyone has compared the Marantz SA8001 (or SA7001 KI - European version) to the popular DACs, such as the DA100, Aqvox, DA10, DAC-1 etc. Currently at a cross-roads debating whether to go solely computer-as-source or standalone player.
I buy all my music as CD so would either be playing back via CDP, or listening to lossless files ripped with EAC feeding a DAC. There have been a number of threads summing up that a player provides the tactile interaction and engagement with the music; the computer/DAC provides the convenience. In terms of SQ however I would like to know if anyone has done a head-to-head comparison.
I suppose the heart of the question is, has anyone compared the DAC performance of the SA8001 against one of the abovementioned DACs?
Cheers,
X
I buy all my music as CD so would either be playing back via CDP, or listening to lossless files ripped with EAC feeding a DAC. There have been a number of threads summing up that a player provides the tactile interaction and engagement with the music; the computer/DAC provides the convenience. In terms of SQ however I would like to know if anyone has done a head-to-head comparison.
I suppose the heart of the question is, has anyone compared the DAC performance of the SA8001 against one of the abovementioned DACs?
Cheers,
X