Why not Apogee Mini DAC?

[HiFiGuy528]

Apple store recommends Apogee Duet or M-Audio for enhanced sound. I feel that the mini Dac is a better choice for Hi-Fi Mac set-up. Optical or Firewire from Mac to Mini DAC to powered speakers should give you an impressive set-up for music or Garage Band. Any here tried the Mini DAC?

Add the Mini-Me for mic set-up.

 

[khollister]

If I recall correctly from some threads on music forums, Apogee claims the DAC quality in the Duet is superior to the Mini-Me or Mini-DAC. The audio quality of the Duet is quite good (I have one) and the headphone amp is even impressive. In fact, I am using my Sennheiser 600's direct into the Duet rather than using my high-end headphone amplifier connected with Cardas interconnects.

 

[CarlsonCustoms]

I'm using the Kerces 151 usb dac and like it quite a lot for my headphone setup. It was only $230 but I'm not sure how much the the apogee is these days.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

Anyone know if firewire is better than Toslink opitical?

The only thing missing in the Duet is optical or coaxial input. I want to use the DAC for my CD play and MacBook so the Mini seems to fit better.