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Originally Posted by phunge
I love ARC for analog, but not so much for digital. I owned a DAC7 and ayre c5xemp and have replaced both with an esoteric k03. It is the best of both worlds, world class cd playback plus USB input for use with a server. I also think the Berkeley DAC and USB would be worth checking out, it was on my list along with the dCS Debussy DAC.
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Totally 100% agree. Nothing arc makes in digital can compete with the esoteric. I've had a lot of DAC's in my system doing the same thing as the original poster...no way are you going to beat it unless you spend $20k or so.