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<blockquote data-quote="jdc753" data-source="post: 5030805" data-attributes="member: 572078">I don&#039;t know if you would truely be able to hear the difference in the DAC&#039;s except for a well trained ear of a true audiophile. However a 9887 with imprint (essentially auto tuning) should walk all over the 9886 as far as sound quality goes.Otherwise as far as Rawr put it, thats how it is. All depends on your ultimate goals and how much install/tuning time you wish to take with your system. Even putting in a $400+ set of components and keeping the passive x-overs the 9886 would probably be your best bet. 9887 would most likely sound better especially if you are able to get the imprint kit over there too, however for simplicity sake I would assume you would be hard pressed to hear an audible difference between the 9886 and 9887, especially if 90% of your music will be compressed MP3&#039;s. Also if I am not mistaken I believe the DAC&#039;s only work on CD playback and not digital MP3 playback but I could be mistaken.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdc753, post: 5030805, member: 572078"] I don't know if you would truely be able to hear the difference in the DAC's except for a well trained ear of a true audiophile. However a 9887 with imprint (essentially auto tuning) should walk all over the 9886 as far as sound quality goes. Otherwise as far as Rawr put it, thats how it is. All depends on your ultimate goals and how much install/tuning time you wish to take with your system. Even putting in a $400+ set of components and keeping the passive x-overs the 9886 would probably be your best bet. 9887 would most likely sound better especially if you are able to get the imprint kit over there too, however for simplicity sake I would assume you would be hard pressed to hear an audible difference between the 9886 and 9887, especially if 90% of your music will be compressed MP3's. Also if I am not mistaken I believe the DAC's only work on CD playback and not digital MP3 playback but I could be mistaken. [/QUOTE]

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