Digital system
-- Sat, 02/28/2009 - 13:36
I am planning to switch to a server based system, accessing Apple losslessly saved files on a networked hard drive. My speakers are Arial model 6, and a currently use a Adcom AVR100 as an integrated amp, and an Adcom FMJ cd player.
I want to make to switch and upgrade my sound. I am considering the Sonos as the bridge to the networked hard drive, and the Underwood modified PS Audio DAC III and C 100 for an integrated amp. I have read a lot of good things about the DAC III, but cannot find much about the C 100. Any thoughts on how this package will sound together, whether it will sound better than my current setup for CDs, and whether there are other alternatives I should consider.
Many thanks!
Thanks
I think the Sonos is a fine choice. It's bulletproof and very easy to set up.
I would do my upgrades incrementally - first try a better DAC with your existing integrated and then once you're used to that sound try some other integrated options. I reviewed a PS Audio integrated some time ago and thought it offered a wonderfully transparent and neutral harmonic balance. It is not warm and euphonic however but it should mate with the Aerial speakers very well ( I used it with the model 5's).
Steven Stone
Contributor to The Absolute Sound, EnjoytheMusic.com, Vintage Guitar Magazine, and other fine publications
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