I too have been waiting on one of these. Ric told me that i would have mine the first week of February yet i've still heard nothing from him. Now here's the "scary" thing. The original "comments" about the Millenium II were made by "Mel". He found the EVS piece to be quite lacking compared to his Audio Research CD 2 player by itself. What is "frightening" is that i was thinking about buying either the EVS piece or the ARC CD 2 or their DAC 3 to use with my existing transport !!!! With Mel's specific comments ringing in my ears and the fact that Ric seems to agree with them, i'm beginning to lean more and more that way all over again. Besides that, who knows how long it will be before these things are ready to roll out the door now that he has to re-work it ???? I hate to let someone else's opinions sway me by THAT much, especially someone that i don't know at all, but i was honestly questioning whether a SS DAC could give me what my current tube DAC does for me already ??? Like many others, the turn of recent events has REALLY shaken up my take on where all of this is going and if i want to take that specific path. Sean
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