DacMagic 200M - DAC & Headphone Amplifier, MQA Decoder, Bluetooth aptX, USB DAC for PC & Mac, Dual ESS Sabre DACs, Supports 32-bit/768kHz & DSD512 - Lunar Grey

I've got DACs on my HiFi units and also had a DAC Magic 100 which I use on my PC. When I saw the announcement of the DacMagic 200M with MQA I was eager to buy it. In fact I checked Amazon every day during February until it showed as in stock. OK ir's expensive but it includes MQA streaming too which is a great reason to buy if you use Tidal.. And I have not been disappointed. Even on standard non-MQA streams the performance is fabulous. I can hear subtleties in music I have listened to for years and not heard before. Everything is brighter nad clearer. And MQA is another level. This really has increased my listening pleasure particularly as I work from home and can listen while I work. Normally I use headphones and a Dragonfly Azure for MQA but now I can use my speakers properly This really is an excellent piece of kit and I am very, very pleased with it (even as i type this I'm enjoying some fabulous sounds). You won't be disappointed if you invest in this.

Matched with a good cd input discs are tranformed and music streamed from a phone is rendered entirely listenable! A very high quality product all round and even beautifully packaged.

I have this connected to the Nvidia Shield via USB for headphone listening. Where this really shines is with the Bluesound Nano digital out to the Dacmagic 200M. Oh how I wish it had a remote control though.

I got this to replace a cheap Maplin DAC I purchased ten years ago which I used to run my TV audio to my Yamaha AS-500 amplifier. That was okay, but I also wanted a replacement for my Yamaha WXAD10 MusicCast WiFi adapter which doesn’t support Airplay 2 and kept losing connection to my home WiFi necessitating repeated reconfiguration. The replacement for that is a WiiM Mini and I planned to use the digital out from that so two TOSLINK inputs were a must. My old MusicCast had a decent DAC in it, but this is a revelation. I’m not a “true” audiophile (though my Mission MX3 speakers are bi-wired to my amp), but the spatial quality and detail of the music from my iPhone and sound from my Sony OLED is very noticeable. As others have noted there’s zero distortion from the unit itself. I turned up the volume on my amp all the way without anything playing and there was no hiss or other element of electronic noise like you’d normally expect. I’m using RCA cables and have variable output disabled - you’ll need to get the online manual so you can adjust the advanced settings, which also includes deciding whether or not to disable the auto power-off setting or if you want to use TV mode on the 2nd input. Built-in Bluetooth isn’t a feature I need, but is a nice to have in case someone with an android phone visits and wants to play something. I haven’t tested everything because I have a fairly simple setup but it excels at what I need it for. I used to think outboard DACs were just for audiophiles with CD players that cost ten grand, but if your music is digital and you’re still rocking an analogue hi-fi like me this piece of kit is well worth it. Only possible complaint is the constellation of white LEDs staring at me from the shelf, but some knick-knacks will sort that 😉

Works nicely and is easy to set up

Excellent and at a fantastic price on Prime.

The unit suffers from two design flaws: I generally switch off my audio equipment overnight with a central switch. Unlike every other audio equipment, when the DacMagic is tuned back on, it defaults to standby and if you forget to physically press the “on-off” button, there is no sound. Secondly, you set it by pressing various buttons in combination for various lengths of time. The unit responds – sometimes - by a flashing sequence of lights and others not. So you never know what has been set. And you need to keep a manual handy. What a bore. Three days later, in frustration, I bought the RME ADI-2 DAC and haven’t looked back. Huge number of settings easily made through software and USB, including a 5 point parametric EQ, etc etc. As to the sound, no contest. It's also a lot smaller, has a gorgeous frequency graph display, a lockable power plug, etc etc. Like comparing a Ferrari with a Trabant.

Build quality is excellent, hooked up with a Cambridge Audio AXN10 Streamer and using for a headphone amp. Sound quality is great, very pleased.

Una auténtica maravilla,no tengo palabras.

Not sure if this a great value compared to other competing products at $550. But it works great! I bought it to hardware decode MQA format files, which according to the hype is the purest sound available. After getting it, I downloaded Tidal to check it out. On a Mac, the setup was relatively painless. You have to tell Tidal to send the music data to the CA DAC Magic for processing (the CA DAC Magic 200M is in the choices). There is additional set up to tell Tidal that you want the CA DAC Magic to hardware process the MQA. From what I can tell, all this setup circumvents the Mac MIDI set up (which is what I had to use to have a FIIO DAC work properly). I initially messed with MIDI setup and it honked the interaction of Tidal with the CA DAC Magic.. it worked just wasn't hardware processing the MQA files (based upon the CA DAC Magic LED lights). Anyways, I rebooted a couple times and restarted Tidal each time and it worked itself out to lock out the Mac MIDI. Had it a few days and it is working flawlessly now. Sometimes have to wait a several seconds for Tidal/CA DAC Magic to start streaming if the computer goes to sleep and/or CA DAC Magic goes to sleep. Anyways my system sounded great already, I would love to say it is hugely noticeable to have the CA DAC Magic in the system with the best processing and best file formats available. All I can say is it is working as advertised, it is hardware processing the MQA files (based upon the indicator lights on the DAC Magic) and my music still sounds great!!! Have now owned the DAC Magic for a week. Have tried listening with and without MQA turned on. It is quite a noticeable improvement to the sound quality with MQA. The best way I can describe it is a visual image. You can have a good image and then you process it to get more contrast and details in the image pop. That's what the sound is like, the instruments/vocals etc become more distinct more defined. Anyway, very happy with the DAC magic and the sound quality I'm listening to!

Muy buen equipo el sonido es muy claro y preciso le doy un 10

I am not audiofile nut, but just pluggin it in and first song was just quite more alive, especially the dynamic between quiet and loud is better then expected. Also simple test how good this one is, there is no noise even amp on max and audio output on max from Canbridge as well... Not much else I can say... Thank you

Klanglich ist der Kopfhörerverstärker sehr gut. Er ist auch einfach zubedienen. Allerdings hat er keine Fernbedienung.