Hello, you are in the same boat as I. I will wait for the break in period and if this player is just average I will get a dac. One I have my eye on is the EVS millenium dac II and also I am on the list to get one [long waiting time] If your interested go to Rick Shultz web site which is tweakaudio.com Also another dac I have been reading about is the Birdland Audio Odeon-lite. The web is Birdlandaudio.com Oh yeah, one more is the Job DA96 made in Switzerland, this one had a review in September/October issue of the Listener. These three dacs rage in price,$800 for the EVS, $950 for the Birdland and $1250 for the Job. Jobs site is jobsys.com Let me know how you make out or decide. My e-mail is radiomanjh@aol.com Good luck! John
