DAC in AVR vs Dedicated DAC

[sludgeogre]

Ok, can you elaborate further as to the improvements you experienced personally? Did you do any sort of A/B comparison? Acoustic memory is extremely short and I have found that unless you can switch instantaneously while the music is playing it can be very difficult to hear differences. Now, if you are a critical listener and know the material being played intimately then it could be possible to notice differences in playback.

Refer to my first reply in the thread. Bigger soundstage, better detail, better dynamics. Big sense of openness and natural, live quality to it that normal Delta-Sigma DACs lack.

If you want a ton more impressions and info, look here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/782824/schi...ltibit-is-here