Are my DACs in my Denon up to the task?

[olddog]

First, thank you for vewing and sharing your thoughts on this post with me.
After several months of research and thought, I decided my next upgrade would be a music-streaming device. I looked at the Sonas, Transporter, Squeeze Box, ( single room application) and am looking forward to checking out the Logitech Touch that just came out. Several have told me that it would offer me a wider range of flexibility if I just got the transport without the built in DAC’s, like the Sexy Transporter, and added a separate DAC of my choice, after thought I can see where they have an excellent point.
So Question? How about if I just let the Burr Browns (24-bit/192-KHz PCM-1791) that are included in my Denon 988 do the job and save money to boot. What kind of quality of sound can I expect? CD quality?
Thanks again

 

[rnatalli]

These days, DAC's are DAC's. Burr Brown are well-regarded so you should be fine using them.

 

[markw]

Do I understand correctly that OP already has a stand-alone DAC? If so, it's time to put the ole ears to good use and see what sounds best.

If not, just be sure you can return any stand-alone DAC you purchase.

 

[olddog]

Do I understand correctly that OP already has a stand-alone DAC? If so, it's time to put the ole ears to good use and see what sounds best.

If not, just be sure you can return any stand-alone DAC you purchase.

No I have the DAC built into the Denon 988AVR for audio. I am using that now with my CD as I pass the sig via optical. It has a better sound than the Sony 200 disk CD has on its DACs.

 

[davidtwotrees]

I have an Escient Fireball SE80 and can't tell the difference using it's dacs vs using the dacs in my current Onkyo, previous Yam 663, HK av300, Lexicon pre, Audio Refinement pre. Rnatalli hit it. Dacs are a mature technology and any diffs would be inaudible to the non golden human ear.

 

[agarwalro]

Most transports (especially the network players like Slingbox) are not geared towards reference sound quality. So, their DACs may not even be as good as your AVR's. Unless you intend to add a really good quality stand alone DAC, just use the digital out on the transport and let the AVR do the decoding.

 

[mtrycrafts]

... and any diffs would be inaudible to the non golden human ear.

I have been looking for a few 'golden ears' but yet to find any.

 

[deangrazy]

I have been looking for a few 'golden ears' but yet to find any.

Yea its very difficult to find some decent golden ears.

 

[rnatalli]

Yea its very difficult to find some decent golden ears.

I have some right here to sell you along with some cable elevators

 

[adwilk]

I have some right here to sell you along with some cable elevators