Todd Dodds
Super Member
I have a NAD C510 DAC/Preamp, and a Mac C2500 w/DAC. They're both perfectly fine, but I like the totally clean, uncolored sound from the NAD, and generally only use the MAC for turntable duty (the NAD has no analogue inputs). But I like them both, no complaints at all.
So I'm reading a review from a couple years ago, https://www.audiostream.com/content/nad-c-510-direct-digital-preamp-dac , and the reviewer mentions another, more expensive, DAC that has a larger, deeper soundstage. It dawns on me that I've never really considered the DAC as having much influence on imaging and soundstaging, figuring all that stuff was more the result of recording, amp and speakers.
For those with a lot of experience in DAC world, have you any opinions of DACs with superior image and stage presentation?
So I'm reading a review from a couple years ago, https://www.audiostream.com/content/nad-c-510-direct-digital-preamp-dac , and the reviewer mentions another, more expensive, DAC that has a larger, deeper soundstage. It dawns on me that I've never really considered the DAC as having much influence on imaging and soundstaging, figuring all that stuff was more the result of recording, amp and speakers.
For those with a lot of experience in DAC world, have you any opinions of DACs with superior image and stage presentation?