jmstpierre
Well-known member
Hi all,
My current set up consists of a yamaha rxa2020 receiver feeding a pair of w4s mono amps to a pair of theos. At the moment I use my apple tv to stream all my music from my iTunes library which is stored onto a Mac mini, via hdmi to the yamaha receiver.
The room has also been treated and I am in the process of deciding on a sub.
I am a bit over the apple tv for music listening, as it takes a while to find my library, sometimes decided to work and sometimes comes up with iTunes unavailable.....
So I am convinced that I will buy a proper device to play and listen to my music.
My question is how much more money should I spend to better the dac I. The yamaha rxa 2020.
So far, I like the idea of getting a Chordette QuteHD (DSD) DAC or a w4s dac2.
My other option would be to go for a streamer but unsure where to start looking and at what price range.?
I don t want something that s going to be an overkill for the system I have nor an underkill.
Even if I don t use any digital input of the rxa2020 and feed it a analogs signal for let s say a streamer or dac, will there still be a ADC along the receiver, or that audio signal should pretty well be left untouched and unprocessed.
All your advice will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
John
My current set up consists of a yamaha rxa2020 receiver feeding a pair of w4s mono amps to a pair of theos. At the moment I use my apple tv to stream all my music from my iTunes library which is stored onto a Mac mini, via hdmi to the yamaha receiver.
The room has also been treated and I am in the process of deciding on a sub.
I am a bit over the apple tv for music listening, as it takes a while to find my library, sometimes decided to work and sometimes comes up with iTunes unavailable.....
So I am convinced that I will buy a proper device to play and listen to my music.
My question is how much more money should I spend to better the dac I. The yamaha rxa 2020.
So far, I like the idea of getting a Chordette QuteHD (DSD) DAC or a w4s dac2.
My other option would be to go for a streamer but unsure where to start looking and at what price range.?
I don t want something that s going to be an overkill for the system I have nor an underkill.
Even if I don t use any digital input of the rxa2020 and feed it a analogs signal for let s say a streamer or dac, will there still be a ADC along the receiver, or that audio signal should pretty well be left untouched and unprocessed.
All your advice will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
John