jdlivestrong

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DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ??
In a similar spot to you...wanting to make a significant jump.  Aqua and T+A are my current front runners.  I'll be curious to hear what you end up getting an how you end up liking it.  
Tonearm suggestions for my Nottingham Analogue Spacedeck
@uberwaltz - what did you end up doing?!  
High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery?
@jafant - I wish I was adding one to my system...I was hoping that after 10+ years of dreaming of adding one to my system that it would be "cheap" by now :D  Alas...maybe some day :)  
High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery?
UPDATE:  I found it! AcousticPlan Vadi    
High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery?
Beauty, but not the one.  
High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery?
Very cool - didn't know about that one.  Not the one I'm looking for, but definitely cool!  
High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery?
I don’t believe it was rack-mount...more traditional. It actually had a very clean, simple design. In my head similar to this:   I don’t recall if it was top loading, but it was clean and had a relatively tall faceplate (with traditional w... 
High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery?
Hmmm - that's possible, but I did a google search in images and didn't see anything that elicited a "THAT'S IT" moment.  Thanks for the suggestion!  The search continues...  
Need some advice, Vincent Audio
I feel like Vincent is one of the best value products out there.  I have owned more integrated amps than I should admit to (McIntosh MAC6700, Esoteric AI-10, BMC C1, Pathos ClassicOne MKIII, Teac AI-3000, Cambridge 840A, NuPrime IDA-16, etc.) ...a... 
Vincent SV-236MK
Hey Will,Great post!  I've had similar experiences with my Vincent SV-236MK - I just keep going back to it.  I went to the McIntosh MAC6700 ($6500) and while it was beautiful and packed full of features, I still preferred the SOUND of the Vincent....