W4S DAC1/STI-500 vs DAC2/ST-500

Can anyone provide some comments about the W4S gears below? Which one is better? Thanks.

1.DAC1/STI-500

2.DAC2/ST-500

heyanming05-31-2012 2:42pm

dan92075 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 23 posts 06-03-2012 at 06:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tubeking, If your using home theater bypass on the DAC2 why not go directly into the power amp? Have you tried that configuration?
dan92075 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 23 posts 06-04-2012 at 05:00am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete oh - I thought the sti-500 was their preamp but now I see its actually their integrated amp So please disregard question! :)