Small DAC With Balanced Outs


looking for a little advice on DACs... per the wife, i need to "get rid of a few of those shiny boxes" and clean up the gear rack a little. so, i'm looking for a small DAC, one small enough that it can be placed discretely on the rack behind other components and left on all the time.

i know the benchmark DAC1 when left on all the time will put itself into standby mode when no signal is detected, but am not sure if i can hide it behind other components.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

scott
128x128srosenberg
Scott Nixon DAC's are physically small as are some Audio Note and Audio Sector models. The Nixon and Audio Sector models are also available to the DIY crowd so the "box" can be constructed anyway you like.

Jeff
Channel islands Audio VDA2 is balanced out if used with the Harmonic Tech cable. It locks on when a signal is present otherwise is off. I use it with the VAC1 power supply.