Thanks Eric,

I started looking up Lite Audio and ran into The Pacific Valve & Electric Company. They have a HUGE line of DAC’s that I’m still sorting through. They also give pretty good info about most of their DACs. By HUGE…they sell ~10 DAC’s in the $140-$400 range, and ~8 in the $400-$1000 range. They look to be mostly either Lite or DIYEDEN. Most all have coax/optical and some add USB to that. Many have headphone amps. FYI, they have 4 tube dacs between $475-750.

It’s a little difficult to find any outside reviews on these. But, their website tries to give a lot of helpful leads.

Does anyone know about these products first hand?

There were four DACs that seemed promising from a large list.

DIYEDEN Great March 2 (opt/coax/usb) @ $425
http://www.pacificvalve.us/DIYEDEDNGM2.html

DIYEDEN Musiland MD 10 (opt/coax/usb, +headphone amp) @ $299
http://www.pacificvalve.us/MusilandMD10.html

Lite DAC AM (opt/coax +headphone amp) @ $259
http://www.pacificvalve.us/LTDACAM2.html

Lite DAC AM modified @$340 (could be my favorite, except its ugly looking)
http://www.pacificvalve.us/LTDACAM2.html)


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The PV&E Homepage

The DAC ‘Buying Guide”

The DAC ‘Sound Guide’
an attempt at rating the DACs relative to each other