Quote Originally Posted by blackraven View Post
I just ordered the Maverick Audio Tubemagic D1 Pre/DAC with tube upgrade for my son. At first he will use it as a DAC with my old Technics SU7600 integrated amp from 1976 (its still a great amp and blows away the cheap Pioneer AVR he was using). Eventually I am going to buy him a class audio CDA-258 digital amp and he will use it as a preamp as well. I am going to upgrade the opamps in the preamp and DAC sections as have been recommended in other forums. I'll give a review on it and will try it in my main system as well.

http://www.mav-audio.com/
Sounds like the D1 has a whole lot going for it, especially at the price. Rolling tubes and opamps is fun, fairly cheap, and can result in really improvement.

Analog outputs apparently consist of "Analog Output" and "Tube Preamp Output"; are both volume controlled?