[ukcooky]

I've just got a Squeezebox Classic. I am streaming flacs to it and am not surprised to find it doesn't sounds as good as my Arcam Alpha + cd Player. The Alpha is more open and has a bit more bite.

The rest of the System is Arcam Delta 60 amp and Tannoy DC2000 speakers.

What do you think is the cheapest DAC that would bring the sound up to the ARCAM

Thanks

[matt303]

I've used the Beresford 7510 (mk6/3) and the new Cambridge Audio DacMagic with my SB3 and both gave an improvement over the standard analogue out. There is also the MF V-Dac and a number of imported Chinese dacs around the same price that you might want to look into. I'm very pleased with the DacMagic, almost to the point of thinking about selling the CD5i to fund upgrading to a better Naim amp (Nait XS or 122X/150X). The Beresford would give you the extra bite and detail you are looking for, the DacMagic also adds an extra amount of refinement and weight to this.