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Are DAC's overpriced?

External DAC's are pretty expensive imho... BUT I don't know that much on how to choose one. I want mostly cd's in my small two channel system... I am rebuilding after selling my Logans and Mac amp to go back to "drivers"! The Logans wore me out with Maintenance.  Should I buy a new cd player or get a new DAC for my old player?  
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elizabeth
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Sadly so many recordings manage to use only the top few dB of the range. It is called compression...                 
The bane of recorded music.
mzkmxcv
558 posts
 
@elizabeth 
 
Yes, there are many songs I like where the vocalist going from average singing levels to belting results in only a slightly increase in volume.
chetstern
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Chord Dave.  I rest my case for that expensive DACs make a difference.
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nonoise
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I’m so relieved that the Rams will not have to face the Bears. Now, as to:
No, an increase in dynamic range only results in a lower noise floor. To suggest it has any other benefit (effecting the sound “across the board”) shows that you do not know what dynamic range is on a fundamental level. We are not talking microdynamics here.
So when there is a lowering of the noise floor and the sound improves (microdynamics included), it’s all incidental?

(congrats ont the Chord Dave)

All the best,
Nonoise


mzkmxcv
558 posts
 
@nonoise  
 
An increase in bit-depth only lowers the noise floor, that’s it.
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