Quote Originally Posted by rb122
What one box player? I couldn't find anything like that on their website.

You're right about compatibility. The Dac seems to roll off the upper frequencies, resulting in a nice, smooth, warm, dull presentation. I wonder what transport/CD player might work? This seems to be a case where knowing and understanding technical measurements would be essential!
The problem Audio Note has is that their equipment is designed to work in their systems - so how it does in other systems requires the buyer to figure out...and because their design is totally different than the vast majority of gear well --- it's not overly surprising people have issues with their DACs.

The other thing to Note is that they have two 1.1X DAC's - the newer one is supposed to be a lot better which was reviewed in the current issue of UHF and is anything BUT rolled off...the old one was reviewed with lesser results in Hi-Fi CHoice and received 3 stars out of 5 which was viewed as solid but not exceptional because it's too different sounding. Personal; taste again.

The measurements of the DAC is in UHF.