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Anyone have experience with the new ELAC DDP-2?

I've been seeing tiny bits of news about the ELAC DDP-2 streaming DAC since early last year and only recently has it become available online at a few retailers.  However, there isn't a single review of it that I can find anywhere.  With previous Audio Alchemy products getting great reviews, I can assume a certain level of quality nearly enough to go out on a limb and buy it for a 30-day trial, but I wanted to see if anyone has already taken that leap of faith.

From what I've read it combines the external DC power supply of the DDP-1 internally and uses AKM DACs in a balanced setup with onboard DSD and MQA decoding, upsampling, Spotify Connect and Roon and a headphone amp.

Anyone?
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sathtom
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@mahler123, "Elac Alchemy DDP-2" supports DLNA but its resolution is limited to 16Bits/44.1Khz only. 

You are right about companies like Elac Alchemy & Bryston making almost everything right in DAC part but fails to be competitive in the streamer part. May be it is better for them to realise that streaming is also important and they need to develop their own streaming app like BluOS.
sathtom
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I am using "Elac Alchemy DDP-2" with Active Speaker "Elac Navis ARB-51" and absolutely pleased with the sound quality.

It excels in every department like Holographic Soundstage, Slightly warmer Midrange, Good Bass performance. 

I wonder why "Elac Alchemy DDP-2" is not as popular as other DAC/Streamers like Lumin-T2. But I think Elac also has a part in it in not providing Firmware updates for enabling MQA and they could have implemented DLNA with Hi-Res capability (Currently supports upto CD Quality Only). Having said that, for someone using Roon, DDP-2 is a strong contender for one of the best DAC/Streamers under $4000. 
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