the cd3 is very good
but it could have been better
ARC decided not to go with new upsampling for the machine
I've extensively demo'd a dac 3 and a cd2 against my EVS MIllenium II
no contest, the EVS 24/192 evs upsampler beats the ARC in every way and only cost $1050. tweakaudio.com
reviews at audioreview.com
arc missed the boat with no upsampling imho
but it could have been better
ARC decided not to go with new upsampling for the machine
I've extensively demo'd a dac 3 and a cd2 against my EVS MIllenium II
no contest, the EVS 24/192 evs upsampler beats the ARC in every way and only cost $1050. tweakaudio.com
reviews at audioreview.com
arc missed the boat with no upsampling imho