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Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:03 pm
by terrybooth
Don't worry Jammy. DACs are things that float on ponds in the Bronx and a streamer is a bad cold.
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:41 pm
by brit-pop
jammy395 wrote:If however you wanted to add a basic streamer, or a computer to your set up, or if you just want to get better audio from your tv then you'd benefit from one. (Britpop)
What is a streamer.?
It's white man's magic!
It pulls the music out of the sky and sends it to the speakers. How they do it is beyond me.
I guess it's a bit like God, religion or homeopathy, you have to believe in it for it to work.
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:46 pm
by jammy395
You have to believe in it for it to work. (britpop).
Like mcru fuses at £57 a pop.......
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:53 pm
by brit-pop
jammy395 wrote:You have to believe in it for it to work. (britpop).
Like mcru fuses at £57 a pop.......
https://youtu.be/6Cs3Pvmmv0E
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:16 pm
by jammy395
So if I employ a dacaroony in my system it will sort oot the Dots n Dash digital guff better than my cd player can.....
All this at a bit rate that fuk all main stream doodah's hardly even incorporate yet?
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:24 pm
by jammy395
And if Dacaroony's are so fukin good , why the fuk do they rely mostly on wallwarts and fukwit batteries.
Whats up with a good old 240 V up em.........
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:28 pm
by slinger
jammy395 wrote:...Whats up with a good old 240 V up em.........
Absolutely nothing. My lovely little TEAC UD-H01 is mains powered and is happily deciphering all of the ones and zeros from my DAB radio, my CD player, and my computer.
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:28 pm
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
DACs don't matter like cables don't matter Jammy. I wont advice as I am not familiar with new ones. The last one I heard I really liked but I don't know how good it is as I have little comparison, though it is better than a Beresford of two years ago as I compared them.
http://www.asus.com/uk/Sound_Cards_and_ ... sence_One/
AND it has got a tiger on the top so must be good
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:32 pm
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Jammy this business of no internal mains PSU is to get around CE and safety regs and it makes importation paper work a lot easier. So the likes of Beresford (and others) do it as their units are made in the Far East for them and imported. It is a scam to get around EU safety regs per usual.
Re: DAC's.....Do I really need one ?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:28 pm
by Welder
I started with the basic HRT music streamer, around one hundred quid now or something like that.
Yep, it made a difference.
I’ve had both Exposure CD players, Mission, a Naim for a bit, a funny Philips job with that chip everyone goes on about all feckin day; it was crap, a Marantz, some other stuff.
The HRT 11 tore the lot to shreds. In fact, discovering the Dac made me flog all my records, record deck and associated kit (there was quite a bit including a Decca London Gold cartridge and Haddcock 228 arm, and later all my CDs’.
I used to have CD players…nuff said.
I’m sorted now with Dacs. I got the Benchmark and I have heard nothing that betters it; not my mates Metric Halo, not the Weiss, nothing, and I got a decent pre amp and headphone amp in the box.
Nope, you don’t need one, but I will bet once you’ve heard one that fits your system and ears you’ll want one.
