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Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model
Has anyone compared to the Audio Mirror D1 NOS DAC? 
Best live album you've ever heard?
Dead Can Dance's 'Toward the Within'. Lisa Girard is a fave of mine and her talents are much on display in that recording. I also like Jethro Tull's 'Bursting Out'. 
Mid-priced warm sounding DAC?
Well, Clio09, you've hit upon my point precisely. I will be very interested to hear your A/B comparisons of the two. Please post your comparison back at some point. In advance of that, would you be good enough to cite your experience with the Audi... 
Mid-priced warm sounding DAC?
I read here: http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134464that the unit from PothAudio is basically the same unit as the Audio Mirror D1 NOS DAC with nothing substantively different. Can anyone who has heard the unit confirm this? The pri... 
Stuck: 20-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/96kHz DAC?
Oh, yes. I forgot. I'm also using a Squeezebox2 in my system, which really perhaps argues that at most what I need is the best DAC I can get for under $1000. I may start a second thread on this. 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
My take on the harddrive use has been to buy a Squeezebox2. I you haven't ever looked at one before, take a gander at www.slimdevices.com. I haven't settled on whether or not the Burr-Brown DAC inside the Squeezebox is the DAC I will use in the lo... 
Stuck: 20-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/96kHz DAC?
TIC,Someday I would like to move to DVD-A or SACD capble players, but I've decided that the formats haven't settled down yet and therefore will an ordinary CD player is all I'm looking for (unless the player also happens to be DVD-A or SACD). I wo... 
Stuck: 20-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/96kHz DAC?
I'm going to continue to track the Ah! and the Quad. However, I usually prefer to buy from Echo Audio (echohifi.com), my local used hifi vendor. Are there any worthy contenders in their list of digital components? I'm trying to stay under $500 tot... 
Stuck: 20-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/96kHz DAC?
Thanks for all the responses.The AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 has caught my attention. As I said, I'm not spruced up yet on the core technologies. What does upgrading 24-bit/192kHz TjoUpsampler board do for me? Is this an analog of the most current redbook...