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HELP: is Monarchy Audio DAC a good idea?
Thanks for Phild's response. I never thought of matching input/output issue before! From Platsolos and Sean's reply it looks like Monarchy 18B is ok in terms of directly driving power amps. OK, I will go with 18B. Interestingly, Monarchy Audio com... 
Great pics from Stereophile show
When and Where will the next show be ???????????Abe 
HELP: is Monarchy Audio DAC a good idea?
Thank you all for the input!I'm curious: by eliminating Preamp, we are free from potential extra distortion to the music. Therefore direct to power amp should always sounds better, provided same level of equipment is used, i.e. $1000 DAC --> $1...