DAC w/ BNC inputs

[Part-Time Audiophile]

Anybody have a handy list of DACs that have S/PDIF-over-BNC inputs? I know about the Berkeley Alpha and the M2Techs. What else is there?

 

I'm looking to add 2-channel music to an HT and want to use an external DAC from my AR-T Legato.

 

[Mike Rubin]

Wyred4Sound reconfigured one of the RCA inputs on my DAC-2 as a BNC input without extra charge when I ordered it.

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[tomE]

The Bryston DAC has BNC.

 

Tom

 

[papageno]

The bryston BDA-1 plays better with the BNC compared to the USB with high res files. The latest Bel Canto also has a BNC I think.

 

[Audio_ELF]

Apart from asking why you would rule a DAC out because of the connection (yes I know BNC is theoretically superior to Phono for 75ohm coax) I'll offer Naim DAC and Chord QBD76

 

Eloise

 

[dummy]

AMR DP-777

ARC DAC 8/DSPre

Jeff Rowland Aeris

NAIM (some/all?)

dCS (Debussy up to 96kHz on BNC)

 

Probably a lot more...

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

[Audioseduction]

Bel Canto DAC3.5VB has it and it's good up to 24/192. I use the BNC connection myself.

 

 

 

[Part-Time Audiophile]

Thanks for the heads up folks.

 

I'm actually thinking about expanding my home theater setup, so I was looking for a DAC to hang off a Mac Mini.

 

I think $1500 would be a good limit.

 

I was looking at the Eastern Electric MiniMax+ today, and I've been browsing a few others, like the Wyred DAC2, Burson DA-160, the Wavelength Proton and even an HRT Streamer II+. Many of those don't do BNC, but I can slap a BNC-to-RCA adapter on my Legato if I have to (or just go native USB, assuming its available).

 

Just not sure how much it's worth investing here for a system that will be used for audio only irregularly ....

 

The system is Marantz AV7005 w/ Bel Canto amplifiers and Joseph Audio RM7xl + Cinergy 6.1xl, if that helps.

 

 

[tubesound]

Scot,

 

Since Legato is limited to 16/44.1, how about a NOS (non oversampling) DAC instead? Such as an Audio Note 2.1B: http://www.audionotekits.com/dac2_1.html? The kit's price is US$1,550 but it doesn't have a BNC input. Or a vintage Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 (no BNC either). Just a thought.

 

BTW, how good is Legato? Did you have a chance to compare it to other USB to SPDIF converters?

 

Roc

 

[Part-Time Audiophile]

Not sure sending a NOS DAC non-upsampled data is a good idea. Saw this thread here:

 

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Metrum-Octave-WOW

 

And since the Legato is limited to Redbook (like 99% of my library), not sure I'd be getting the best bang for my buck (as it were).

 

[lasercd]

The Bricasti M1 has BNC input. I'm using it with my Bryston BDP-1.

 

[agentsmith]

Naim DAC has both RCA and BNC inputs

 

[Audio_ELF]

@socrates...

 

I think a BNC to Phono cable would be preferable to adding a BNC to Phono adaptor.

 

Eloise