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Hi everybody,
This is a thread about Raspberry pi dacs and digital connections.
I'm moving to a new amplifier and the Marantz PM6006 seems to fit perfectly my budget. My current source is a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a DACBerry One+HAT (https://www.osaelectronics.com/product/dacberry-one-plus/) and a Audioquest Dragonfly Red, I use both of them accordingly to my needs. I was wondering if the Marantz's DAC, a Cirrus Logic CS4398 (24-bit/192kHz), is better then one of the listed above. The DACBerry has a S/PDIF out, so I can connect the Raspberry to the Marantz's DAC trough the DACBerry. Once I heard from Darko that his Schiit modi 3 sounds better if the signal comes from the Topping D10S
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgRLCAbrr2c), using the Topping only as a S/PDIF converter. Getting to the point: do you think that the combo DACBerry One+ S/PDIF + Marant's Cirrus Logic would sound better than the Dragonfly Red? I'm asking also because I heard a lot about the Raspberry electrical noise and maybe the digital link could "filter" the signal and stop it. I know the best answer comes from a listening test, but, if you're in this forum, you probably understand that "need" of knowing that you're getting the best sound possible from your gear. Or maybe this is all moved by the fact I'll find my self with two unused dacs and I want to find a use for them. I hope this is not a dumb question, personally I think that I will keep on using the Dragonfly as my main Dac, simply because I'm in love with that sound. Every thoughts or opinion of the community is higly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
P.S. I use the Raspberry running Volumio + Dac with two setups, the main one, an old Yamaha integrated amplifier with two Triangle Borea Br03 and a secondary setup composed by the JBL Lsr 305 active speakers. I attach a pic of the jbls
This is a thread about Raspberry pi dacs and digital connections.
I'm moving to a new amplifier and the Marantz PM6006 seems to fit perfectly my budget. My current source is a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a DACBerry One+HAT (https://www.osaelectronics.com/product/dacberry-one-plus/) and a Audioquest Dragonfly Red, I use both of them accordingly to my needs. I was wondering if the Marantz's DAC, a Cirrus Logic CS4398 (24-bit/192kHz), is better then one of the listed above. The DACBerry has a S/PDIF out, so I can connect the Raspberry to the Marantz's DAC trough the DACBerry. Once I heard from Darko that his Schiit modi 3 sounds better if the signal comes from the Topping D10S
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgRLCAbrr2c), using the Topping only as a S/PDIF converter. Getting to the point: do you think that the combo DACBerry One+ S/PDIF + Marant's Cirrus Logic would sound better than the Dragonfly Red? I'm asking also because I heard a lot about the Raspberry electrical noise and maybe the digital link could "filter" the signal and stop it. I know the best answer comes from a listening test, but, if you're in this forum, you probably understand that "need" of knowing that you're getting the best sound possible from your gear. Or maybe this is all moved by the fact I'll find my self with two unused dacs and I want to find a use for them. I hope this is not a dumb question, personally I think that I will keep on using the Dragonfly as my main Dac, simply because I'm in love with that sound. Every thoughts or opinion of the community is higly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
P.S. I use the Raspberry running Volumio + Dac with two setups, the main one, an old Yamaha integrated amplifier with two Triangle Borea Br03 and a secondary setup composed by the JBL Lsr 305 active speakers. I attach a pic of the jbls