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Budget-busting stereo with incredible sound quality

4/9/2015

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Some of you may know that I was recently inspired by my friend Tim to re-rip my entire CD library into ALAC format.  This made a modest improvement in sound quality, but the addition of a DAC (digital to analog converter) made a much bigger difference.  When I bought an engagement ring for Susan, I bought myself a present - a Peachtree iNova with a built-in DAC.  A DAC basically does this:
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From this fantastic description of the ADC and DAC processes: http://nutaq.com/en/blog/analog-digital-%E2%80%93-part-2-conversion-process
The sound quality from the iNova is amazing.  If you don't believe me, come over sometime and we can listen to some Peter Gabriel.  Because I love music much, it broke my heart when my brother told me he didn't have any speakers these days, only headphones.  I decided to get him a 40th birthday present of some computer speakers and after some quick research realized I could get very high quality audio for less money than many computer speaker systems.

I decided to get him the Topping VX1 class T amplifier - 2 x 25 watts.  I had it shipped to me to test it first and I was blown away with the audio quality.  For $90 delivered, it has a DAC with specs on par with the Peachtree DAC - 24 bit/96kHz.  It only has two inputs, one aux but the other is a USB, a digital input meaning this the perfect companion for computer audio.  If you like high sound quality, pair this with some Mission-MS50 or Paradigm Titan speakers. 
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