If you buy the Audio Mirror once you listen to it after it has broken in you will not consider it a budget piece. You will consider it a great deal. I used mine with a Cary V12i 50 watt triode push-pull amp and it worked fabulously. My transport is an Alesis ML9600 modified by TRL. So in terms of $$$ my digital set-up might be budget, but in terms of sound it plays like a lot more than that.
Also, should you decide to uprade the DAC in the future the Audio Mirror can be taken to an entirely different level with TRL mods which I had done to mine. I was actually able to compare the modded unit to a stock unit I had. You can read the review here on Audiogon. I saved me a lot of money versus buying an DAC of equivalent sound quality.
Also, should you decide to uprade the DAC in the future the Audio Mirror can be taken to an entirely different level with TRL mods which I had done to mine. I was actually able to compare the modded unit to a stock unit I had. You can read the review here on Audiogon. I saved me a lot of money versus buying an DAC of equivalent sound quality.