I had the DAC3 VB on demo for a while and it was sublime. I got to compare it to a non VB DAC3, and the VBS makes a huge difference. I don’t think there’s anything today significantly better around $1100 so I’d strongly consider going for it. The great thing is if it doesn’t work for you or you happen to find something better you can likely sell the 3.5VB for little/no loss so not much risk, but I think you’ll be very pleased with what you hear. Hope this helps, and best of luck.
