Quote Originally Posted by a0r0a7 View Post
The SMSL DAC arrived. A nice Xmas pressie. I have made a switch fuse UK adapter so I can power down the PSU rather than leave the SD1955 in standby. Although I see no issue with the unit being left in standby.

I hooked up the DAC to my CD player SPDIF CoAx out and moved the RCAs off of the CD player onto the SD1955. Turned the SD on, very quiet in standby. The moment of truth!

I have sound. Now my thoughts on the SD1955.

Wow! Out of the box the sound is open, smooth, detailed with tight controlled bass with nice pace. This DAC out of the box is an improvement over my CD players DAC. I compared track for track on a number of my favs and the SD1955 has the edge in a way I was wanting.

The DAC arrived in 9 days, was really well packed. The unit is built very well with a nice finish and not only sounds great but looks fab!

Thanks Feanor a great find that has allowed me to upgrade my system when funds were tight.
I'm glad the SMSL is working well for you at last. It was my impression from the start that it would be a very fine DAC for several times the money. It is certainly a better DAC that what is in my older Sony SD-CE775 SACD/CD player -- so much so that on hybrid SACD discs, CD layers sound better through the SMSL that do SACD layers through the Sony.