Assemblage - anyone???

I'm still breaking in a DAC 3.1 Platinum/D2D-1 combo, but all I can say is they are already the very best digital reproduction I've ever heard. Perhaps their elevated price point places these products beyond direct (or fair) comparison with a Bel Canto or MSB. Having kit roots may also ironically give these products an inferior image in comparison with their more expensive SF siblings (and may explain why a mag like Stereophile ignores them), but design and component quality are throughly first class. Cherish your DAC 2.6 - it's a wonderful product. But be sure to get the OPA627s and Burr-Brown filter upgrade if you really want your 2.6 to shine. The D2D-1 is a particularly nice addition to the 2.6, as the later Assemblage DACs now have upgraded digital sections with high precision second PLL stages similar to the D2D-1 (2 ps native jitter).

I tend to agree.I am a Vinyl first guy.But i want to find a palyer I can live with.The 3.1 can stay with me.

Since I posted this in March, I have broken in my DAC 2.6, with (essential) op-amps and Burr-Brown filter upgrades, and D2D-1. I am sure the 3.1 is a better unit, but the 2.6/D2D-1 combination has been outstanding in my system. I do notice however, some CD's sound better without the upsampling. It is a nice feature that the 2.6 allows the choice to cancel the upsampling.

Anyone looking for a deck to mate with a multichanger.This is the one.For the times you want to load the player up sit back and not move for hours this DAC will thrill you.