Thanks much for your comments......even though I have gone on to other things...I had always loved the mid-band sound that a Classe CDP-1 had given me...and had wondered about other UltraAnalog dac based cd players....nothing with either 1702 or 1704 Burr-Browns chips has sounded as musical...lots of detail, yes.....but as one reviewer put it in another thread...they seem to present the sound in a "here's your damn music" sort of way...the UltraAnalog based units I have heard....sound a bit more..."unplugged"? I listen mainly to Jazz and female vocals..for what it's worth.
