Hey guys,

Looking to pick up my first dedicated DAC to be used with a iRiver HP120 source, and feeding a NAD preamp and amp two channel rig. (Jm Lab 700LCRs as well)

The current DAC page on Audiogon actually has a pretty decent cross-section of DACs I'm actually considering...all of which are in the $400 and under catagory...

California Audio Lab SIGMA II - $300
Msb Dac III & P1000 Power Supply - $400
Audio Alchemy DDE 1.1& DTI Plus, + Power Station - $300
ADCOM GDA-700 - $350
Bel Canto DAC 1 - $450 (breaks my $400 rule...but want to consider anyway..)
California Audio Labs System 1 D/A Converter - $400


I like the Ack! unit as well...but no optical input...so takes it off the board.(optical out from iRiver)

Comments? Recs? Warnings?

Thanks,

Chris