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Mon, Jul 30 2012, 12:20AM
Greenwich_Man
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Hi - I'm about to invest in a dac - thinking of either the musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii.

I have a new toshiba laptop, CD = Marantz CD6003, Amp = NAD C320BEE, Speakers = KEF Q standmounters (12 years old)

(My turntable is a project debut 3)

Do you have experience of these - what would you recommend please? - also open to other suggestions (same type of budget please)

I have been ripping my cd's to flac

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Mon, Jul 30 2012, 12:25AM
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RE: musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii

by the way can I get either of these in black?

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Wed, Aug 1 2012, 9:14PM
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RE: musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii

sorry for all these questions - but I'm a dac virgin Innocent

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Wed, Aug 1 2012, 8:41PM
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RE: musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii

Does anyone have opinions on this please? Undecided

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Wed, Aug 1 2012, 10:12PM
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RE: musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii

I'm a HRT man.  I bought-on-a-whim a II+ after I received a long service award from my employer.  I was tempted by the great reviews both in WHF of the II and generally on the net of the II and the II+.  I hae not been disappointed, using it with my Mac Mini.  Unfortunately I have no experience of how it compares to the V-Dac. 

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Main gear: Mac Mini > HRT Streamer II+ > Marantz PM66 KI > Mission 794

Also cluttering-up the place:

Thorens TD160 no cartridge; Marantz CD63 mkII KI; Technics SL-P777; Cyrus 2 + PSX; Cyrus Tuner; Nakamichi DR-1

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Thu, Aug 2 2012, 1:51PM
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RE: musical fidelity v-dac mkii or hrt music streamer ii

Thanks MajorFubar

Yes I've read those reviews too - and also good reviews on the V-Dac

And thanks so much for your useful comments.

And I'm now thinking that the V-Dac may be more versatile. i.e. I can disable the dac in my cd player - and send the signal through the v-dac. As far as I can see I wont be able to do that with the hrt.

So...

Is there anyone here who uses the V-Dac who would like to make comments too

All comments gratefully received

Thanks

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