No specs on the DAC in the manual - doesn't even mention it has one. What's max bit rate? Can you provide some specs? What are its limitations?
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They mention a DAC onboard, but from my experience, not a very good one. Used it once...sounded terrible. I really liked the power it put out initially. After a while, it became quite harsh and fatiguing. Got rid of mine. You can go to Audiogon and get a much better amp for the same price. I like the Arcam FMJ-A19. It has all the features you want. Less power, but much cleaner, wider, & more dynamic soundstage. Outlaw does give you the "no questions asked" return policy, so, go for it if you want, but even in the manual it does not give the specs of the DAC. i would go Arcam, Creek, even NAD has a modular DAC that can be added that would be better than the outlaw (even if the DAC was not important They mention a DAC onboard, but from my experience, not a very good one. Used it once...sounded terrible. I really liked the power it put out initially. After a while, it became quite harsh and fatiguing. Got rid of mine. You can go to Audiogon and get a much better amp for the same price. I like the Arcam FMJ-A19. It has all the features you want. Less power, but much cleaner, wider, & more dynamic soundstage. Outlaw does give you the "no questions asked" return policy, so, go for it if you want, but even in the manual it does not give the specs of the DAC. i would go Arcam,... » Read More They mention a DAC onboard, but from my experience, not a very good one. Used it once...sounded terrible. I really liked the power it put out initially. After a while, it became quite harsh and fatiguing. Got rid of mine. You can go to Audiogon and get a much better amp for the same price. I like the Arcam FMJ-A19. It has all the features you want. Less power, but much cleaner, wider, & more dynamic soundstage. Outlaw does give you the "no questions asked" return policy, so, go for it if you want, but even in the manual it does not give the specs of the DAC. i would go Arcam, Creek, even NAD has a modular DAC that can be added that would be better than the outlaw (even if the DAC was not important « Show Less
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As the RR2150 is built as an analog piece, the only input that utilizes a DAC is the USB input. It is a 16 bit DAC, able to do full CD quality sound, and is compliant with USB 2.0's full speed specification.
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Go to their website and email or call them (they have live people who work there answer the phones). Customer service is great and they were extremely helpful with my pre-sales questions although yours was not one of mine.
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No and it's a terrible sounding unit. Highly compressed audio. If you want a really good sounding DAC buy a Musical Fidelity - V90-DAC. It cost more but sound awesome and is made in Japan.
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If you're on Windows 8/8.1 good luck! They don't have signed drivers and their promise of releasing them months ago has gone no where. I returned this great unit in favor of the fiio x5. If on Windows 8, you can try the workaround by starting windows 'ignoring driver signatures', but it's flaky doesn't stick, may crash your PC...and if it 'does' work...you only get 16 bit / 44k sample rate (same as CD quality). Too bad for such a great device :(
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I honestly don't know. I have several audio cards and have never bothered to use any of their digital features. I bought this card only because my onboard audio failed and I needed something to use in place of it. Sorry.
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I own this. The V90 is a much better delivery platform for USB and Digital. It is a true DAC. It was also added to the Sterophile List of recommended components.
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An amp isn't necessary, however I have tried a friends DAC/AMP and it did sound better than my onboard audio on my computer, but that's the DAC more than the amp.
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It's not necessary to have a DAC, I use a Schiit Modi. They released the second generation DAC and Amp that are great quality and very reasonably priced.
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Thanks for your question. This wonderful sounding player is not configured to serve as a USB DAC, it is just a universal disc player. This is a fantastic sounding player. World Wide Stereo is 35 years old and a very proud Marantz dealer.
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I have this system and am able to play 24-bit/192KHz flac files through the USB interface just fine (running on linux). I suppose it's possible the software or hardware is downgrading them first but I would have expected no sound at all if the unit really didn't support it.
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Yes, you really don't need an external dac with this unit...in fact I think that is it's main appeal. A good external amp would be a better compliment. It works pretty well as a complete unit(player, dac, amp) but getting a separate amp would allow you to custom taylor your sound to your given cans.
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No, it's not included with the DAC. But you can use any standard computer USB type 2 cable (same one you'd use if you were connecting your computer to a printer). Or use a specialized audio USB from Audioquest etc.
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Hello, Thank you for your interest in our gear. The XDA-2 DAC is a great product, and is usually after the CD player in the signal path. Based on that, it has digital inputs (2 digital optical, 2 digital coaxial, 1 AES/ EBU, and 1 USB) and no analog inputs. So unfortunately you would not be able to run an analog input into the DAC. If your SACD player does have one of the digital ports, you can connect it out of the CD player into the XDA-2. If you are wanting to run the XDA-2 into the SACD player I am unaware if that is possible, you will need to check with your SACD player manufacture to confirm. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. I hope you have a great rest of the day.
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It works just as good nothing special. I use my headset with no problem. I'd also invest in a different DAC this one simply doesn't have many benefits.
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I asked Sonos support a somewhat similar question regarding using their DAC. If you don't care for the DAC in the Connect, you can always use the digital optical out on it (this bypasses its own internal DAC) and send it to whatever DAC you'd like for the conversion. Basically, as long as you aren't using any analog connection out, it stays digital and you can do whatever you'd like with it.
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I often use a DAC and headphone amp for lossless and lossy files. The One has as good a DAC, at least for recording, way better than a lot of "portable" DACs out there. For critical listening, depending on your tastes and budget, you may still prefer an audiophile grade DAC.
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OK.... this is a USB *input* - which is what I assume you wanted to know.The USB input on the DC-1 supports all standard sample rates (44.1k, 48k, 88k, 96k, 176k, 192k) at 16 and 24 bit depth.It uses the USB Audio Class 2 (UAC2) USB audio standard - which requires a driver (we provide it free) for a PC, but is built into modern Apple computers.The high performance USB interface chip we use on the DC-1 is the C-Media CM6631A.When you play a FLAC file on a computer or player, it is decoded by the player, and sent to the DAC as PCM.The audio output quality of the DC-1 is VERY good. OK.... this is a USB *input* - which is what I assume you wanted to know.The USB input on the DC-1 supports all standard sample rates (44.1k, 48k, 88k, 96k, 176k, 192k) at 16 and 24 bit depth.It uses the USB Audio Class 2 (UAC2) USB audio standard - which requires a driver (we provide it free) for a PC, but is built into modern Apple computers.The high performance USB interface chip we use on the DC-1 is the C-Media CM6631A.When you play a FLAC file on a computer or player, it is decoded by the player, and sent to the DAC as PCM.The audio output quality... » Read More OK.... this is a USB *input* - which is what I assume you wanted to know.The USB input on the DC-1 supports all standard sample rates (44.1k, 48k, 88k, 96k, 176k, 192k) at 16 and 24 bit depth.It uses the USB Audio Class 2 (UAC2) USB audio standard - which requires a driver (we provide it free) for a PC, but is built into modern Apple computers.The high performance USB interface chip we use on the DC-1 is the C-Media CM6631A.When you play a FLAC file on a computer or player, it is decoded by the player, and sent to the DAC as PCM.The audio output quality of the DC-1 is VERY good. « Show Less
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No it does not have a dac. The sound is far better then a FM tuner ( I own the Marantz 10 B tuner which many believe is one of the best FM tuners)