Glory,
Are you aware of how the Minerva deals with volume? I am very interested in this DAC (well, actually the Weiss dac 2 pretty much the same thing). From what I have read about it and Weiss' dithering scheme, it should work very well. To date, the DACs I have had around here (including the BADA Alpha), they all sound better straight in if they were capable of driving the load, That said, I am confident that the Weiss would be more than capable considering they are coming from a recording perspective. If you are in the market for one, I'd consider saving 2k to get the DAC 2.