Quote Originally Posted by blackraven View Post
That AN DAC looks interesting. I will have to research it.

Here is a picture of the BAT. Its quality is not that great-

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I'll bet you had some help lifting the Pass X250 to the top shelf.

The AN 3.1 isn't fully balance but uses transformers to create the +/- signals -- which is probably the next best thing. The AN's AD1865 DAC is a "ladder"-type DAC vs. delta-sigma, which some people swear by. I wouldn't bother with their USB module which isn't asynchronous.