{"id":817,"date":"2008-03-10T09:51:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T07:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2023-04-08T20:20:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:20:06","slug":"denon-da-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/review\/digital-reviews\/spdif-dac-reviews\/denon-da-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Denon DA-500 DAC – Quick Impression"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheap and cheerful<\/h2>\n

This is an oldie but still a goodie. It easily improves upon built-in dacs of entry-level cd players and dvd players. It soothes with a rich, full-color sound that is fluid and well-detailed. Tonality and quality are more or less on par with the dacs built into recent (~2010) Denon surround receivers, but a little fuller and more relaxed. Shame it’s so old that it doesn’t have USB inputs!<\/p>\n

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