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Is the ''entry level'' DAC becoming extinct ?


The recent crop of Blu-ray players by Oppo and Cambridge Audio (752BD) as well as CD players are now giving access to their internal DACS, providing surprisingly good quality sound.

Just wondering how this will impact on the sale of the DacMagics and r-dacs types out there ?

I basically see it as head-on competition, and a win for the new access-in-the-box machines.
sonicbeauty

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sonicbeauty OP
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I think I may have incorrectly expressed myself in the original question.I was thinking of the DAC's becoming irrelevant for those still wishing to plays CD's while wanting to use an DAC for other inputs.

Also, qualifying DACS such as the HRT Streamer as ''high quality''is of course highly subjective.

There is an increasing demand for ''micro-DACs'' of course.

I am targeting more the $600- $1,200 DAC brakets as possible victims of the accessible-from-the-cd or Blu-ray machine DACS.
sonicbeauty OP
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Actually, I did have an HRT Streamer in my system for a week on loan, to my ears anyways, it was nowhere near as musical or as resolving as the DacMagic Plus. But then again, I had this on some pretty high-resolving speakers.

I still think that $600 to $ 1,200 is ''entry level'', considering the ridiculous prices going on in the ''high end''. I guess it all depends, as usual.

Some reviewers talk about ''entry level'' $ 3,000 phonostages and tonearms....
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