Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
Dont know for sure but you may find the texture you are looking for if you can find the V8 DAC which has a tube stage.

frenchmon
With regard to tube rolling....that would be something to do if I owned the unit but the M.H. is a loaner and I would not want to be fooling around with tube swapping with gear that I don't own. As it turned out my connectivity options are very limited so the MH DAC experiment is now aborted.

Ya, the V8 has my interest and so does Poppa's recommendation of Grant Fidelity tube dac. Now it's just a matter of time and hunting one down.

I am going to keep the VDAC anyway since I have a Stello transport en route. Also, with the VDAC being a point of reference for comparison I will be better able to assess the SQ from one to the other. I think 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the DAC for me.