I recently heard the sublime Chord 64DAC processing a McIntosh Music Server into a Mac rig with them bad boy new Danes and the sound was spectacular, so much so as to, for the first time, hip me to the idea of HDD music as a serious contender. Only problem, at several thousand used the Chord is pretty salty, plus I wanted to experiment with introduce a layer of tubage to my rather analytic system.

The prce alone on th Cayin is attractive as is the volume controlled pre-amp section---drive the amp straight anyone? Anyway, just wunderin' if any of y'all have heard the i-DAC and if there are any impressions.



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