Hello all!
I've been reading a bit on the forums about various DACs. I'm thinking of buying one myself to improve my system which consists of two B&W DM603 S3 speakers and an NAD C352 amplifier. This is currently hooked up to my PC via the mini jack output of my sound card which is a Terratec Aureon Space 7.1. I originally chose this becuase it received quite good reviews considering it's a PC sound card.
Two things I'm not sure of is how much a good quality external DAC will improve my setup, and in what price range this DAC should be in to match my amplifier and speakers. I have no idea if a relatively cheap Silverstone Ensemble EB01 (~$100) (http://techgage.com/article/silverstone_ensemble_eb01/1), a Cambridge DAC Magic (~$400) or an even more expensive DAC is suitable for the system I have.
I'd very much appreciate if I could get some input on this.
Also, I'm planning on using my computer as the transport. Probably the digital coaxial output form my motherboard to the DAC. Would there be any problems with this? I could also use the optical output of the Terratec sound card. I've heard of jitter but, again, I'm not sure if this is noticable in a system like mine or if this is only noticable in systems ten times as expensive as the one I have.
Terratec Aureon review: http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/terratec-aureon71/index.html
I've been reading a bit on the forums about various DACs. I'm thinking of buying one myself to improve my system which consists of two B&W DM603 S3 speakers and an NAD C352 amplifier. This is currently hooked up to my PC via the mini jack output of my sound card which is a Terratec Aureon Space 7.1. I originally chose this becuase it received quite good reviews considering it's a PC sound card.
Two things I'm not sure of is how much a good quality external DAC will improve my setup, and in what price range this DAC should be in to match my amplifier and speakers. I have no idea if a relatively cheap Silverstone Ensemble EB01 (~$100) (http://techgage.com/article/silverstone_ensemble_eb01/1), a Cambridge DAC Magic (~$400) or an even more expensive DAC is suitable for the system I have.
I'd very much appreciate if I could get some input on this.
Also, I'm planning on using my computer as the transport. Probably the digital coaxial output form my motherboard to the DAC. Would there be any problems with this? I could also use the optical output of the Terratec sound card. I've heard of jitter but, again, I'm not sure if this is noticable in a system like mine or if this is only noticable in systems ten times as expensive as the one I have.
Terratec Aureon review: http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/terratec-aureon71/index.html
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