Aries Cerat Helena or Mola Mola Tambaqui?


I am deciding which dac I should take. Mola Mola(8000 euro) I can audition, Aries Cerat Helena (11000 euros) I can not, only direct sale. Mola has volume regulator, Helena not, but it is R2R with tubes like Lampizator, weighs 40kg oppose to 6kg of Mola. Mola is more commercially known and very very good reputation. Both have also reputation as a killer of very expensive dacs.  My system is Tannoy westminssters Roayal and tube monoblocks ith Se-833(similar to Wavac Se-833))Any thoughts or experiences with these dacs? 
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The thing is, I am going from Tambaqui to tube single ended 80w monoblocks SE-833 and I think it had a great synergy this way..... going with great cables Kimber KS 1036 and KS 3038 bring so much resolution and natural and precise sound with so much air and 3d that I can not imagine to get more of that with tube dac.... but who knows 

Dave USB output has 348khz/31 bits, and thats what they recommend to use with streamers. I dont know, is it enough to play highrez?  I am not technicaly educated at all, what matters is how it sounds, and people who have more experiences saying that tube RR dacs are playing more naturaly and are closer to realism. So that is what makes me wondering how this Helene will play. The sellers are creating poems how great this machine is compare to other stuff, but I know that is not enough, need to listen it myself and decide. Mola is really something unique and it is very certain that it will satisfy me for at least year or two, hahahaha. Hey guys Happy New year, have your dreams come tthrough
Hey guys thanks for your replies. I now have Mola Mola at home and it is fantastic. More resolution, right colour of instuments, very good PRAT, and it just sounds right. My source is cd player for red books, I have big cd collection with titles not available or hard to find, and I also stream lateky more and more, it is so easy and comfortable, plus so many great discoveries.  Helene review here, it explains more about the topology of the dac. http://aries-cerat.eu/reviews
At the end I have bought Tambaqui, but if i get some more money laying around I will purchase Kassandra as well :)