Introduction This is the second of a two part review of the current range of DACs from Cambridge Audio. The first part looked at the DacMagic Plus, a fully featured DAC retailing for around £350.

I purchased this as a possible replacement for the Peachtree Audio DAC.iTx that used to be my son's (he gave it to me after the laptop with all his music files failed to boot. Ever.) I did not do an A-B comparison, but could easily have lived with the good sound.

This was the first external DAC I bought for my hifi system. My hifi system is AC Ryan HD2 mini > Optical digital out to DACMagic 100 > RCA Analog out to NAD C356BEE > PSB Image B6 bookshelf speaker + PSB subwoofer 5i .

Bought this to get access to all the downloaded tunes I had used at work, but I now wanted to access them at home via my speakers. Had it set up and working in 5 mins. Connection to my laptop was easy as I did not have to do anything except connec the USB lead and press play.

I love this device works wonders using it with my Cambridge amp to make the xbone a media player from my PC. Sound quality is outstanding

Significat improvement of audio quality definetly worth the buy

I've been using the DACs in my A/V receiver and Blu-Ray player. The audio and video from my Roku and Blu-Ray seemed fine. Thought an external DAC was worth a shot. The DacMagic 100 got rid of the bass muddiness and separated the instruments. Streaming audio now has a full soundstage.

Ease of setup Multiple digital inputs

No remote

Another affordable, fine-looking and very listenable DAC from Cambridge Audio

Neat design; fine connectivity; inputs support up to 24-bit/192kHz; open; detailed sound

Lacks dynamic reach and scale