LAIV Harmony

I've had two components develop issues due to age. A solid state amp and a tube preamp.  Seems to me that components can fail in any piece of electronics.  I like the performance of my Gustard r2r dac, so I think I'll hang onto it and see what happens. 

It doesn't surprise me that a $5600 dac sounds better than a $2700 dac and a $1650 dac. 

I would agree with that.  The May KTE sounds like an end game dac for someone like me.  Something to think about for a possible upgrade. 

@audiostick I thought the Innuos Next Gen would have i2s, but the Zen Next-Gen only has USB.

I’m using a DDC with my Zen Mk3.