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Blue Circle DAC BC501

Recently I had an opportunity to listen to the Blue Circle Audio BC501 DAC. This was NOT an extended listening session, but I really liked it and was overall impressed with the sound. Very smooth and analog like presentation with no hints of digital brightness at all(at least that's what I thought). Very good sounding unit!!! What puzzles me though is the fact that I can not find any discussions that mention this DAC nor there are any reviews. Anyone owns this dac? Anyone heard this dac at a demo/show room? What do you think about it? Is it a good performer? Just curious to see what people think about this DAC prior to any reviews showing up. Any thoughts?
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I am still curious to see if anyone here owns this for a period of time long enough to be able to judge it against other digital sources. That would actually be nice - to see what it compares to.
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Thanks Rlew. I now have a rare opportunity to audition this dac in my own system. I will be evaluating it for myself this weekend. So I'll have an idea of what this baby sounds like in my own system. Right now I am using Bel Canto DAC2 which is a very good dac for the price, but you know how it is....there is always something better. This time my goal is to get something that I will be able to enjoy for few years before the upgrade bug bites again. I am reading this "enjoythemusic" review over and over just trying to see what I need to pay attention to when I will be listening to this dac.
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