Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100 - Digital to Analogue Converter with Toslink, S/PDIF, and USB Inputs Featuring 24-bit Wolfson DAC - Black

I can only review the product as a CD external DAC. My Marantz CD6007 is a great player with a rated internal DAC but personally I think it lacks detail. After reading reviews on various DACs I purchased the Cambridge DACMagic 100 to use as an alternative DAC connected via toslink. The build quality is good. Connectivity is aplenty. The sound quality is very good.I am very pleased with how it has changed the sound of the CD player. It is punchier in the midrange and more dynamic with high frequencies. Having said that it’s not a fatiguing sound, it’s very smooth and neutral. Where the Marantz on its own is “laid back” and “warm”, with the DACMagic 100 it is livelier and grabs your attention. Bass is as it was but not muddying the detail giving extra space for what is an improved soundstage. A very surprising upgrade for £149.CONS: A problem many Amazon customers have mentioned and has happened to me 3 times or more. Please PLEASE listen Amazon people. You should not be sending delicate electronic items to people unprotected. Putting a sticker on the box and sending it out in a van is really asking for a return. Put the item in another box with some of your paper with it. PROTECT THE PURCHASE FOR US! otherwise thank you.

It sounds good and works well. It didn't have a remote so the rating on that is irrelevant. Bluetooth would have been nice but not necessary for me. It is a quality product at a reasonable price.

I'm pleased. Using with TV optical output. Compared to the optical input of my Marantz amp the sound seems leaner in the midrange and more coherent with a better soundstage. There's also more detail in the top end. The change in sound quality was immediate. I wouldn't say this is a state of the art device but improvement in sound quality is notable in my case, even with TV sound and its very variable nature. For the price it seems excellent value and build quality is super. It's 100% worth a punt if you're into your Hi-Fi. Try one.

Smaller than expected, and did the job very well. My last one had its own volume control, which this one doesn’t, so it’s quieter, but I’d say the sound quality is better.

Really pleased with this little magic box! I was considering upgrading my older Cambridge Audio Topaz CD10, but then decided to add this DAC after reading reviews. Very noticeable improvement. Vocals sound more present and crisper, acoustic instruments sound more natural, bass instruments (I’m a bassist) sound tighter and more punchy. Not only have I started playing my CD’s more (I’m a vinyl fan normally) I’ve even started buying them again!! Also ready to add other digital sources such as a wireless steamer when ready. Basically, it sounds like I’ve gone out and bought an expensive CD player but I’ve only spent 150 quid. Get one but make sure you have the right digital output on your older CD player first.

I love the sound of this DAC. It doesn’t have the typical tendency to over brightness/harshness that has been my experience with other budget Chinese units.

I have an old but very good hifi system. I used the fibre optic input of this device to play the TV sound, and with the USB socket of my windows laptop or chrome book to stream music from Amazon Music.It works very well. The sound quality is excellent. With a bit of fiddling around with settings, I was able to set windows to stream at studio quality 192KHz 32 bit.

2 years ago I purchased a Mede8er 800X3D media player for central and easy access to all my digital media. For movie playback into my Yamaha RX-V663 AV receiver I have no complaints. However, when wanting to listen to music at audiophile level into my Cambridge Audio Topaz SR10 stereo receiver, it disappointed horribly, dull and lacklustre, - nowhere in comparison to my Marantz CD5004 CD player and Yamaha BD-S1067 blu-ray player. So much for central and easy access to my music files...Until a trusty hi-fi salesman heard my frustrations and suggested a DAC, the DacMagic 100. It was delivered to my doorstep 2 weeks ago and boy! Does this clever box of tricks breath life into my Mede8er. Music sounds so much more detailed, bigger soundstage and depth. I did notice however that this DAC prefers lossless music files in comparison to compressed files - but I suppose that is to be expected.For the price, you cannot go wrong with this DAC. Cambridge Audio ought to rename it to DAC-Black-Magic 100!