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Another new DAC: Audio Mirror
@musichead indeed. I think if you've either a) got a bright and detailed system, or b) love a natural, organic sound, then you should really audition this dac. It won't jump out and tell you how great it is, but the more carefully you listen, the ... 
Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil
Also, I just discovered the thread I cited above did have some s/g/o to silver in oil comparisons. It was hard to explicitly search for differences because the only difference in terms is gold (and people write out the cap names variably).Looks li... 
Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil
@imhififan If you read a lot of capacitor discussions, you can see some other people finding that the bass response of the s/g/o decreases over the first 300 hours (e.g. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/mundorf-silver-gold-in-oil-supreme-cap... 
Another new DAC: Audio Mirror
This dac is soo much better than my directstream. Finally heard what my system (https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7983) is capable of (and I’m in trouble with my girl). Love it, you should buy it. 
PS Audio Direcstream Snowmass Versions
For what it's worth, I ended up selling the DSD and going back to the Perfect Wave DAC. In the end, I just became convinced that the DSD didn't "sound right".  The PWD was more natural sounding.  Currently trying out a Audio Mirror Tubadour.  I ke... 
Supratek
Great.  Thanks Tammy 
Yggdrasil or iFi pro dac
very curious to hear the report too.  All I've seen in ways of comparisons is one single two line comment about PSA's Directstream being a "warmer" dac than the Evo.  
A moderate priced dac
It does need the bridge to sound it's best though 
A moderate priced dac
@mountainsong I even found the perfect wave dac mk2 to outperform psa's directstream. Tried to upgrade to the dsd twice over there past five years and ended up reselling the dsd both times. 
Phonostage Recommendations for my PS Audio + Thiel setup
@bighempin Sorry to mislead you... I was getting gear at 60% *of* retail, so 40% off.  HPS implied that the discount was going up now that they were liquidating, but I never checked. 
PS Audio Directstream DAC Jr is discontinued - would you buy it now?
Have you heard a Directstream unit in an extended listening session?  I'd make sure you do, as most people love them, but for others they just don't sound right.  Not sure what's going on, but I'm in the latter camp, and I've owned a PerfectWave D... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
Adding to my threads to save for later... good information in here folks. 
DAC Event in Phoenix AZ August 24th
Great, looking forward to it.   
PS Audio Support
I had a similar experience.  After the tour I got dropped off with the big Infinity speakers while they worked on my DAC.  Just hanging out by myself listening to whatever I wanted... was a great time/experience.   
Interconnect recomendations, ~$500 new or used, RCA...
Nice. Thanks @pmboyd Have been very curious about that dac.  Starting my 10 day demo of an AM Tubadour tomorrow.