Sonos Connect & DAC?

[ParanoidAndroid]

Hi chaps,

After some advice. Looking to get a Sonos Connect so I can stream to my existing hifi setup in the lounge. Have other Sonos products so would be great to hook this in as well. Have a lot of music stored on my NAS (HP Microserver) which I can access using Sonos and also make a lot of use of Spotify.

Question I have is should I be looking to put a DAC in between the Sonos Connect and my amp (Cambridge Audio Azur 651A)? If so can anyone recommend one? Budget I guess will be up to £300 but could stretch a bit.

Cheers
Graham

[ParanoidAndroid]

Thanks for the reply, I do intend to see how I get on with the Connect first but just wondered what others had done and whether adding a DAC was a noticeable improvement.

[ParanoidAndroid]

GTRmad said:

This would make a lovely addition if you can find a bit more £££
http://www.audiot.co.uk/products/naim-dac-v1-dac-5...

That's some budget creep!

[ParanoidAndroid]

This looks interesting.

http://www.arcam.co.uk/products,rSeries,Wired-DACs...

[ParanoidAndroid]

Thanks Autopilot, I'd not even thought about that. It won't be an issue at the moment as I've only got a Play 1 we use upstairs in the bedroom and intend to add the connect to the lounge hi-fi. However have plans to add a couple of Play 1's in the kitchen at some point so we may see this if playing multi-room with the connect in the lounge. I've just ordered the Connect so will have a play around with my existing play 1 once it arrives to see if there is any noticeable delay.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Just to add, picked up my connect on Saturday. All working very well, easy to setup and whilst early days the sound quality appears to be very good. I did have a play with grouping my existing Play 1 and the connect and there doesn't appear to be any noticeable delay so maybe as mentioned it's to do with the type of Amp.